Our List: Most Startling Medical Discoveries of the Last 10 Years
Innovation
The last decade has far surpassed previous ones in terms of medical innovation, from the once-a-day HIV pill to the ability to make adult stem cells imitate embryonic cells. See our list of the most important discoveries.
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HPV Vaccine
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Atripla: The One-a-Day HIV Pill
Advances in Battlefield Medicine and Surgery
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Human Vaccine Against Bird Flu
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Period-Suppressing Birth-Control Pills
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Targeted Cancer Therapy
Face Transplant Surgery
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Discrediting of the Link between Autism and Childhood Vaccination
Circumcision Discovered to Help Prevent HIV
Drugs for Fibromyalgia
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Human Genome Mapping
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Natural Orifice Surgery
Pentacel—the Five-in-One Childhood Vaccine
Improved Prosthetics
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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
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Over-the-Counter Plan B
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Blood Test to Detect Down Syndrome
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Drug-Eluting Stents
