1957 ⟶ First Prescription of Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill

First prescription of the combined oral contraceptive pill.
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🔬 HeLa Cell Line Propagation

George Otto Gey propagates first cancer cell line, HeLa⟶
HeLa Cell Line Propagation (1951)
BiologyCancer ResearchMedical AdvancementsMolecular Biology
United StatesUnited States

🧪 Miller-Urey Experiment Demonstrates Amino Acid Formation

Stanley Miller: demonstrated that the building blocks of life could arise from primeval soup in the conditions present during early Earth (Miller-Urey experiment)⟶
Miller-Urey Experiment Demonstrates Amino Acid Formation (1952)
BiochemistryEvolutionAstrobiology
United StatesUnited States

⚛️ Antimatter First Synthesized

Antimatter first produced.⟶
Antimatter First Synthesized (1955)
PhysicsParticle PhysicsFundamental ParticlesExperimental PhysicsDiscovery
United StatesUnited States

💊 First Prescription of Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill

First prescription of the combined oral contraceptive pill.⟶
First Prescription of Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill (1957)
MedicinePharmaceuticalsWomen's RightsSocial Change
United StatesUnited States

💊 Birth Control Pill Commercialized

May 9: The birth control pill becomes commercially available.⟶
Birth Control Pill Commercialized (1960)
Reproductive RightsFeminismPharmaceuticalsMedicineSocial Change
United StatesUnited States

🧬 First Patient Treated with Genetically Modified Phage Therapy

Isabelle Holdaway is the first patient to receive a genetically modified phage therapy to treat a drug-resistant infection.⟶
First Patient Treated with Genetically Modified Phage Therapy (2019)
MedicineBiotechnologyInfectious DiseasesGenetic Engineering
United StatesUnited States