1986  All blood screened for AIDS virus. Artificial blood production unsuccessful  
   1992  Many cancers curable and new drugs make radiation therapy un-necessary  
   2000  Aids vaccine discovered  
   2003 Massive campaign started to ban cigarette manufacture due to revelation of many more tobacco related diseases than previously thought  
   2010  Penicillin obsolete due to many resistant strains of bacteria  
   2013  Monoclonal Antibodies produced to replace penicillin and used under tight control to prevent mutant strains of bacteria forming  
   2027  Plans accepted by World Relief Organisation to irrigate thousands of square miles of desert and so help ease the world's food crisis  
   2039  Cigarette production finally banned amid much protest  
   2040  Artificial Blood perfected  
   2063  'Expert System' computer wins Nobel Prize for Medicine for improved replication of DNA  
       
       
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