One Area of Achievement in Medical Research in the Late

question 56

Multiple Choice

One area of achievement in medical research in the late twentieth century which may enable us to prevent diseases was the:

• A) development of a vaccine against most viruses.
• B) eradication of most forms of early infant mortality.
• C) invention of the electron microscope.
• D) development of genetic engineering.
• E) eradication of typhus throughout the world.

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