Physiology and Medicine: The Gifted Saga of the Last Decade

Abstract

Over the last century, Science and Technology moved forward and witnessed exceptional inventions and discoveries due to individual and collaborative research efforts. This momentum opened doors for the deep understanding of biological systems by which it permitted the advancement in technologies and designing of new tools in biomedical field. Since 1901, discoveries and inventions in various fields of science (Chemistry, Physics, Physiology and Medicine, Economics) including literature which can influence the betterment of human race were being awarded with Nobel Prize. Over the past decade, numerous groundbreaking discoveries in physiology and medicine have been reported. This short note is intended to summarize the significance of these findings and few remarkable controversies associated with them.