Women change the world medicine

Marie Curie, Rosalind Elsie Franklin, Joanne Liu have saved millions of lives and changed the face of human medicine.

Nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was the first woman to be awarded the Order of Merit by Britain for her contributions to the Crimean War. Continuing to keep up the night of taking care of the wounded soldiers, she was called affectionately by the name "lady with lamp".

Before Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917), no woman was granted a doctor's degree and surgery in the UK.In 1872, Elizabeth opened a London Women's Hospital to help her throughout the city treat gynecological diseases.She is also a co-founder of the London School of Medicine for women, teaching and laying the foundation for medical education to the weaker sex.

Marie Curie (1867-1934) was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win a Nobel twice and one of four scientists received awards in two separate fields (physics, chemistry).Together with her husband Pierre Curie, Marie found polonium and radium, the basis for developing X-rays. She supported the emergency team using X-rays during World War I and became "commander" of radioactive services. International Red Cross Organization.

Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975) was the first female scientist to be hired by the US Department of Agriculture for a long term.Thanks to the analysis of bacteria in milk, cheese and identification of infections causing her fever from cows, the new milk sterilization law was issued.

In 1947, Gerty Cori (1896-1957) became the first woman in history to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.She accepted the prize with her husband, Carl Cori, for finding out how the body uses glycogen from sugar to make energy.

Gertrude B.Elion (1918-1999) is an American biochemist.Her research paved the way for the development of many drugs including antimalarial drugs, herpes, meningitis and white blood.In 1988, Elion and George Hitchings and James Black were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their work related to the principle of drug therapy.Later, she became the first woman to be honored in the American Patent Hall of Fame.

Rosalind Elsie Franklin chemist (1920-1958) is known for boldly pioneering in X-ray applications while discovering DNA structure.Unfortunately, she was not awarded the Nobel Prize for her sudden death from cancer.

Finding artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin, Tu Youyou saved millions of people around the world from malaria.Last year, she received a Nobel Prize with two other scientists, William C. Campbell and Satoshi Omura.

Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, born in 1947 in France, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2008 for discovering HIV with Luc Montagnier.She assumed the position of President of the International AIDS Association in 2012 and today remains a Professor at the Pasteur Institute in France.

Not to mention Margaret Chan , born in 1947, currently Director of the World Health Organization (WHO).She was born in China, started a public health career in Hong Kong Ministry of Health.Recently, Margaret Chan had to deal with a series of epidemics like H5N1, SARS, MERS, Ebola and Zika.

As the International President of the Borderless Doctors Association (MSF), Canadian doctor Joanne Liu contributed a lot of effort into developing a remote medical project, bringing patients from MSF from 150 points. Connect with more than 300 global health professionals.