Noteble People in Biotechnology

Hippocrates was a Greek physician who is

known as the:

• Father of Medicine
• Father of Pharmacology
• Father of Anatomy
• Father of Surgery

Hippocrates studied medicine in ancient Greece.

How did he think illness should be treated?

• Illness should be treated with bloodletting and leeches.
• Illness should be ignored and left to heal on its own.
• Illness should be treated with magical spells and incantations.
• Illness should be treated with rest, a good diet, fresh air and

  cleanliness

Louis Pasteur was a French scientist in the

1800s who is well known for his study of:

• Germ theory and vaccination
• Astronomy and celestial mechanics
• Electricity and magnetism
• Photosynthesis and plant biology

Who is known as the father of genetics because

of his research with pea plants and

hybridization?

• Louis Pasteur
• Charles Darwin
• Isaac Newton
• Gregor Mendel

Rosalind Franklin was a scientist in London at

King’s College in 1950-1952. She played an

important part in the discovery of:

• The structure of DNA
• The theory of relativity
• The process of photosynthesis
• The laws of motion

James Watson and Francis Crick were rewarded

for their work win the discovery of DNA’s

structure in 1953. What did they win?

• Pulitzer Prize
• Fields Medal
• Nobel Prize

Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer invented the

technique of DNA cloning and are responsible

for the:

• gene editing technique
• DNA sequencing method
• polymerase chain reaction
• recombinant DNA technology and biotech revolution