The Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine
- The Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine
The Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine, informally known as the Lister Institute was established in 1891 in Bushley, Worcestershire, England and was the first medical research charity in the United Kingdom.
The Institute was established as a research institute in 1891; it maintained laboratories and conducted research on infectious disease and vaccines until the 1970s. From that point it became a science funding body, it awards the Lister Institute Research Prize Fellowships to researchers working on infectious disease in the United Kingdom.
External links
* [http://www.lister-institute.org.uk/ The Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine]
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Preventive medicine — or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases,[1] (or injuries) rather than curing them or treating their symptoms. The term contrasts in method with curative and palliative medicine, and in scope with public health methods… … Wikipedia
Lister — , LISTERINE To have one s name become a household word seems to be a mark of success for some people and a goal worth striving for. But to others, it is anathema. In the nineteenth century, an English physician, the founder of antiseptic… … Dictionary of eponyms
Medicine — This article is about the science and art of healing. For pharmaceutical drugs, see Medication. For other uses, see Medicine (disambiguation). Statue of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, holding the symbolic Rod of Asclepius with its coiled… … Wikipedia
Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister — Infobox Scientist name = Joseph Lister birth date = birth date|1827|4|5|df=y birth place = Upton, Essex death date = death date and age|1912|2|10|1827|4|5|df=y death place = Walmer, Kent nationality = United Kingdom field = Medicine work… … Wikipedia
Geoffrey L. Smith — Professor Geoffrey Lilley Smith FRS FMedSci FIBiolImperial College London, Contact details: [http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/people/geoff.smith/ Professor Geoffrey L Smith] , retrieved 2008 05 09.] , is a British scientist and medical… … Wikipedia
Charles James Martin — Charles James Martin, FRS, FRCS (9 January 1866 15 February 1955) was a British scientist who did seminal work on protein denaturation, nutrition, snake toxins and other medical topics. He was the first director of The Lister Institute for… … Wikipedia
Albert Sabin — Infobox Scientist name = Albert Sabin box width = image width =150px caption = birth date = birth date|1906|08|26 birth place = Białystok, Russia death date = death date and age|1993|03|03|1906|08|26 death place = Washington, D.C residence =… … Wikipedia
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention — The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (or CCDC; 中国疾病预防控制中心) is an agency of the Ministry of Health of the People s Republic of China based in Beijing, China. It works to protect public health and safety by providing information to … Wikipedia
Sabin, Albert Bruce — ▪ 1994 Polish born U.S. physician and microbiologist (b. Aug. 26, 1906, Bialystok, Poland d. March 3, 1993, Washington, D.C.), was a towering figure in medical research and the developer in 1955 of the first oral vaccine for polio, which… … Universalium
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Agency overview Formed October 27, 1992 Preceding agencies Office of National Defense Malaria Control Activities (1942) Office of Malaria Control in War Areas (1942 … Wikipedia
