This introduction covers Setting the Scene within Modern Medicine for GCSE History. Revise Modern Medicine in Medicine Through Time for GCSE History with 8 exam-style questions and 4 flashcards. This topic appears regularly enough that it should still be part of a steady revision cycle. It is section 1 of 10 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
Topic position
Section 1 of 10
Practice
8 questions
Recall
4 flashcards
📖 Setting the Scene
In 1953, Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA — the code of life. In 1967, Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant. In 2003, the Human Genome Project mapped all human genes. Medicine has advanced more in the last 70 years than in the previous 2,000. We can transplant organs, edit genes, fight cancer with targeted drugs, and scan inside the living body. Yet new challenges emerge: antibiotic resistance threatens to return us to pre-penicillin mortality; lifestyle diseases like obesity and diabetes are epidemic; an aging population strains healthcare systems.
DNA Discovery - Crash Course (12 mins) Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - TED-Ed (5 mins)