Inventions

The invention A machine that removes waste end-products and poisons out of the blood when human kidneys are not working properly. Th...

The invention: Practical techniques for the artificial insemination of farm animals that have revolutionized livestock breeding practi...

The invention:  Synthesized oxytocin, a small polypeptide hormone from the pituitary gland that has shown how complex polypeptides ...

The invention: The first successful artificial heart, the Jarvik-7, has helped to keep patients suffering from otherwise terminal heart ...

The invention: Aperfluorocarbon emulsion that serves as a blood plasma substitute in the treatment of human patients. The person behind ...

The invention: A device that allows divers to descend hundreds of meters below the surface of the ocean by enabling them to carry the ox...

The invention: The first commercially available, preassembled personal computer, the Apple II helped move computers out of the workplace a...

Mechanisms of genetic resistance to antimicrobial agents: Bacteria have developed, or will develop, genetic resistance to all known antim...

The invention: A technique for removing amniotic fluid from pregnant women, amniocentesis became a life-saving tool for diagnosing fetal ...

The invention: The first successful method for converting nitrogen from the atmosphere and combining it with hydrogen to synthesize amm...

The invention: The nickel-iron alkaline battery was a lightweight, inexpensive portable power source for vehicles with electric motors. ...

 The invention: The first heavier-than-air craft to fly, the airplane revolutionized transportation and symbolized the technological adv...

The invention: RU-486 was the first commercially available drug that prevented fertilized eggs from implanting the...