CAT scanners are developed.

Drugs to treat leukemia and other cancers are introduced.

Life-support systems for premature babies are developed.

Improved surgical sutures are developed.

Drugs are developed to treat viral diseases.

Burnet and Medawar describe the mechanism of tissue rejection.

Bergstrom, Samuelsson and Vane discover prostaglandins.

Techniques to produce transgenic animals are developed.

New drugs to prevent rejection of transplanted organs are developed.

The neurological basis of memory is described. First ‘test tube’ baby is born.

Major advances in our understanding of the bodies mechanisms to control ‘pain’ - the development of ‘pain management’ as a discipline.

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is developed.