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Which scientist developed diphtheria antitoxin and won the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901?
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Emil von Behring
What was the first successful human artificial heart implanted as a permanent replacement?
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Jarvik-7
What was the first vaccine approved by the FDA to prevent Lyme disease?
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LYMErix
Which vaccine became the first licensed vaccine against chickenpox in the United States?
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Varivax
What condition was treated in the first approved human gene-therapy trial in 1990?
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ADA-SCID
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