Medical research has made incredible progress over the past 50 years. Many of these discoveries have changed the way we live in the 21st century.

 Just think about the advances scientists have made in understanding how our bodies work. This knowledge has revolutionised how diseases like cancer are diagnosed and treated and has even uncovered ways of preventing them.  How has so much been achieved?

Sophisticated laboratory robots enable complicated experiments to be completed in a fraction of the time. Powerful microscopes that can magnify 100 million times have opened up a window to the innermost parts of our cells. And digital and computer technology has transformed the way that data is analysed and shared between scientists across the globe.