Top 20 discoveries made in Scotland

1 ANTIBIOTICSDiscovery of penicillin.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Nov 2010, 14:17 BST
Updated 27th Nov 2010, 18:53 BST

2 VACCINATION

3 IMAGING Aberdeen University conducted the first clinical whole-body MRI scan in August 1980.

4 ANTI-TB THERAPY The 'Edinburgh method' of combined therapy is recognised as the most important treatment for tuberculosis.

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5 TOBACCO CONTROL Recognition of adverse effects of smoking was spearheaded in Scotland.

6 ANGIOPLASTY Widens heart arteries.

7 RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS The system used for testing and measuring effectiveness of new drug treatments.

8 ANTI-VIRAL THERAPY FOR HIV

9 STATINS Cholesterol-lowering drugs.

10 KIDNEY DIALYSIS

11 ACE INHIBITORS Drugs to treat high blood pressure, heart problems and kidney disease.

12 ENDOSCOPY/ LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY Allow doctors to examine inside the body without the need for surgery.

13 TREATMENT FOR STOMACH ULCERS

14 KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION

15 BETA-BLOCKERS

16 SPREAD OF MODERN HOSPICE MOVEMENT

17 LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

18 INHALED THERAPY

Medication administered via an inhaler.

19 WHO ANALGESIC LADDER

Stepped approach to pain management.

20 ERYTHROPOIETIN Artificial hormone used to treat anaemia.