Science and technology stuff
The fields of Science and Technology are so vast that you could probably get lost in them for hours, days or years at a time. You can explore the ingenious design of the body, delve into the grubby realm of bacteria or examine the very vigorous and virulent world of viruses.
There are heaps of science and technology stuff out there and we hope to get you interested by providing some fascinating stuff in this Science & Technology Stuff section.
Discoveries
These are just some of the hundreds of discoveries made at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids):
1930 Nutritional research leads to the development of a new quick-to-prepare, low cost cereal that later becomes famous all over the world as Pablum.
1963 Surgery to correct transposition of the great arteries of the heart, the birth defect of “blue babies,” is pioneered by Dr. William Mustard. The procedure was called the “Mustard Procedure.”
1989 SickKids Researcher Lap-Chee Tsui and his team discover the gene that when defective causes Cystic Fibrosis.
1994 Researchers provide biological proof that second-hand smoke adversely affects a fetus.
2001 Researchers discover that infant heart transplants can be performed safely and successfully despite major blood type incompatibility between the donor and recipient.
2003 SickKids researchers identify cancer stem cell for brain tumours.
2006 Researchers redefine understanding of variation in the human genome.