Learn about a the scientist who won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work in the scientific discovery of drugs to treat leukemia and herpes, and to prevent the rejection of kidney transplants.

A short biography about Tim Noakes, the South African scientist who has run more than 70 marathons and ultramarathons, and is the author of several books on exercise and diet.

Learn about surgeon Alfred Blalock, who developed the operation that ushered in the modern era of cardiac surgery.

Best known for the Kinsey Reports, find out about the life and work of Alfred Kinsey. Discover how he was led to study human sexuality.

A short biography about Dorothy Hodgkin, a British biochemist who developed protein crystallography, for which she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1964.

A short biography about Elizabeth Blackwell, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

A short biography about the German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin.

See how Hans Selye became one of the most influential endocrinologists who is known for his research he effects of stress on the human body.

Learn about the life and the discoveries of Paul Ehrlich in the article.

This article discusses the life and discoveries of Percy Lavon Julian.

Learn about the life and discoveries of Rudolf Virchow in this article.

Read a short biography about the woman who was best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of newborn children immediately after birth.

Use this quiz-style game to identify historical figures in the field of medicine.

Chemist Paul Lauterbur pioneered the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) for medical imaging. He developed a technique, now known as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in the early 1970s that involves the introduction of gradients in...

Plants are a source of many human medicines and this exhibit presents information on plants used for healing. There are activities for students such as quizzes, a game where you try to cure patients' ailments, and one where you try to...

In 1905 scientist Robert Koch gave a famous lecture on his discovery of the tuberculosis bacterium. He demonstrated and explained his work, bringing his entire laboratory equipment and tissue samples for the audience to examine, and left...