captain cab wrote:
that Fleming bloke - discovered penicillin without the EU
The MRI scanner which revolutionised imaging was invented in Nottingham by Sir Peter Mansfield.
Discovery of how to culture embryonic stem cells credited to England-born biologist Martin Evans.
First use of sodium cromoglycate for asthma prophylaxis associated with Roger Altounyan.
The hip replacement operation (in which a stainless steel stem and 22mm head fit into a polymer socket and both parts are fixed into position by PMMA cement) pioneered by John Charnley.
Artificial intraocular lens transplant surgery for cataract patients developed by Harold Ridley.
Diagnostic ultrasound first used to assess the thickness of bowel tissue by English-born physicist John J. Wild, the so-called "father of medical ultrasound.
First baby genetically selected to be free of a breast cancer born at University College Hospital.
Development of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by Patrick Christopher Steptoe.
Potential of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in treating a wide range of genetic diseases, among other breakthroughs, discovered by John Raymond Hobbs.
Not bad for English lads I reckon.