M any of the major developments in medicine that we take for granted today had their genesis in the ‘s and have contributed to increasing overall life expectancy. The list shown below of Nobel Prize Laureates and their discoveries highlights these important developments. Jn the s, new technologies and new science led to the discovery of vitamins and to increasing knowledge of hormones and body chemistry. New drugs and new vaccines were released following research begun in the previous decade. Sulfa drugs became the first of the anti-bacterial wonder drugs saving thousands of lives from bacterial 1920 viral infections. Doctors looked at the common cold and influenza to determine their causes and proposed preventative measures to protect against .