1920-1925 - ANZSBT History Project

1920 Sprunt & Evans elucidate infectious mononucleosis.

1921 Mellanby describes vitamin D – Rickets link.

1922 Bohr: Nobel Prize in Physics for discovery of isotopes in many non-radioactive elements & for enunciation of the whole-number rule.

1923 Banting describes use of insulin for diabetes treatment.

1923 1^st vaccine for diphtheria.

1925 Zsigmondy: Noble Prize in Chemistry for demonstration of heterogeneous nature of colloid solutions.

1925 Cooley & Lee 1^st describe thalassemia.

1925 von Willebrand 1^st describes von Willebrand Disease.

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