Facets

1990

#8379

Proceedings of the first conference on visualization in biomedical computing. May 22-25, 1990. Norbert F. Ezquerra, Chair.

1990

#14340

Phage antibodies: Filamentous phage displaying antibody variable domains.

Working in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at Cambridge University, Winter became interested in the idea that all antibodies have the same basic structure, with only small changes making them specific for one targ…

1991

#8138

Telepresence: Dextrous procedures in a virtual operating field.

The first teleoperated surgery. Funded by the U.S. Dept. of Defense, the first prototype of a telesurgery robot was developed at Stanford Research International (SRI) (Menlo Park, CA) and called the Green Telepresence…

1991

#10303

The computer-based patient record: An essential technology for health care. Committee on Improving the Patient Record, Division of Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine. Edited by Richard S. Dick and Elaine B. Steen

1992

#8382

Medicine meets virtual reality: Discovering applications for 3-D multi-media interactive technology in the health sciences. A symposium, June 4-7, 1992, San Diego, California.

The first conference on the medical applications of virtual reality.

1992

#9186

Plant biomechanics: An engineering approach to plant form and function.

The first comprehensive treatment of plant biomechanics. "Niklas analyzes plant form and provides a far deeper understanding of how form is a response to basic physical laws. He examines the ways in which these laws c…

1993

#7182

Radiological oncologists: The unfolding of a medical specialty.

1993

#8618

The uses of life: A history of biotechnology.

1994

#8140

The NeuroStation--a highly accurate, minimally invasive solution to frameless stereotactic neurosurgery.

The beginning of image-guided surgery. Abstract: "The NeuroStation is an image-guided neurosurgery workstation designed to deliver frameless stereotaxy within an ergonomic, integrated surgical environment. Generally, …

1994

#9718

Molecular politics: Developing American and British regulatory policy for genetic engineering, 1972-1982.

1995

#8177

A history of medical informatics in the United States, 1950-1990.

Second edition, edited by Morris F. Collen and Marion J. Ball, and published the year after Collen's death at the age of 100, retitled The history of medical informatics in the United States (New York: Springer, 2015).

1996

#11110

Making PCR: A story of biotechnology.

1997

#7370

Scientists and the sea 1650-1900. A study of marine science.

1997

#7457

Viable offspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells.

Cloning of the lamb Dolly, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. Her birth established that the nuclei of at least some adult cells can be used to produce sheep or other animals that are genetically identi…

1998

#7642

The complete visible human: The complete high-resolution male and female anatomical datasets from the Visible Human Project.

The first anatomically exact and complete, three-dimensional, computer-generated reconstruction of actual human bodies. Includes 2 CD-ROMs. See https://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html.

1998

#8139

Telesurgical laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

First teleoperated (robotic) surgery on a patient. "On March 3, 1997, I successfully performed the first “robotic” laparoscopic cholecystectomy on a 52-year old female patient who suffered from symptomatic cholecystol…

1998

#13286

Embryonic stem cell lines derived from human blastocysts.

Thomson and collaborators first isolated embryonic stem cells from human blastocysts. Order of authorship in original publication: Thomson, Itskovitz-Eldor, Shapiro et al. Available online from science.sciencemag.org …

1998

#13977

Derivation of pluripotent stem cells from cultured human primordial germ cells.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Shamblott, Axelman,... Gearheart. Gearheart led the team that successfully developed human embryonic germ cells, pluripotent stem cells derived from primordial germ cel…

2000

#7643

New atlas of human anatomy.

The first printed atlas of color computer images adapted from 3D images developed in the National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project. Includes CD-ROM with 3D electronic images.

2001

#7959

Transatlantic robot-assisted telesurgery.

The "Lindbergh operation", a complete very long distance tele-surgical gallbladder operation carried out by a team of French surgeons located in New York on a patient in Strasbourg, France using high-spreed telecommun…

2001

#11451

Medical informatics: Computer applications in health care and biomedicine. Edited by E. H. Shortliffe, L. E. Perreault, G. Wiederhold, L. M. Fagan.

A fourth expanded edition of this textbook, edited by Shortliffe and James J. Cimino, was published as Biomedical informatics: Computer applications in health care and biomedicine (New York: Springer, 2014).

2001

#12645

Classics in movement science. Edited by Mark L. Latash and Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky.

2002

#7953

Semiotic flesh: Information and the human body. Edited by Phillip Thurtle and Robert Mitchell.

Includes "The virtual surgeon: Operating on the data in an age of medialization" by Timothy Lenoir.

2002

#8200

Origins of cyberspace: A library on the history of computing, networking, and telecommunications.

Includes some significant early annotated references to the applictions of computing to biology and medicine.

2002

#10238

BioDigital.

https://www.biodigital.com/ "The Word's First Human Visualization Platform: Anatomy, Disease & Treatments— all in interactive 3D. Web, Mobile and Augmented Reality "the virtual body as the health equivalent of Google …

2002

#12439

Microarray-based detection and genotyping of viral pathogens.

First publication of DeRisi's microarray assay for the detection and genotyping of viral pathogens. "To address the limitations of existing viral detection methodologies, we have developed a genomic approach to virus …

2002

#13598

Stem cells and the future of regenerative medicine.

In 2001 this report cited the following diseases with high prevalence in the United States as likely candidates for stem cell research: Cardiovascular Disease: 58 million U.S. patients Automimmune Disease: 30 million …

2003

#9804

A history of online information services 1963-1976.

Pages 197-223 concern "Modern bibliographic control of medical literature." Development of MEDLARS, MEDLARS II, MEDLINE.

2003

#14300

Design of a novel globular protein fold with atomic-level accuracy.

Called, "the breakthrough in computational de novo protein design." This was the proof of concept paper that computers and AI could be used to predict protein structures accurately and much faster than with convention…

2004

#8137

Primer of robotic & telerobotic surgery. Edited by Garth H. Ballantyne, Jacques Marescaux, and Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti.

2005

#8201

From Gutenberg to the internet: A sourcebook on the history of information technology. Edited by Jeremy M. Norman.

Includes some documentation on the early applications of computing to biology and medicine.

2005

#9935

Fathoming the ocean: The discovery and exploration of the deep sea.

2005

#14029

Body counts: Medical quantification in historical and sociological perspective / La quantificattion medicale, perspectives historiques et sociologigues. Edited by Gérard Jorland, Annick Opinel and George Weisz.

2006

#7167

Science and technology in medicine. An illustrated account based on ninety-nine landmark publications from five centuries.

Forewards by Leslie A. Geddes and Paul U. Unschuld. Introduction by Jeremy M. Norman. Unusually well designed and produced.

2006

#8801

Biotech: The countercultural foundations of an industry.

2006

#9722

The genetics revolution: History, fears and future of a life-altering science.

2006

#13287

Induction of pluripotent stem cells from mouse embryonic and adult fibroblast cultures by defined factors.

Takahashi and Yamanaka reprogrammed mice fibroblast cells, which can produce only other fibroblast cells, to become pluripotent stem cells, which have the capacity to produce many different types of cells. This they a…

2007

#7881

Culturing life: How cells became technologies.

A history of tissue culture.

2007

#7994

Development of the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS).

Digital version from PubMedCentral at this link.

2007

#14063

Induction of pluripotent stem cells from adult human fibroblasts by defined factors.

Yamanaka (Nobel Prize 2012) and colleagues demonstrated the generation of Induced Pluripotent Stems Cells (iPS) from adult human dermal fibroblasts with the same 4 mice factors they used in GM 13287. By overexpressing…

2008

#7360

The mechanical mind in history. Edited by Philip Husbands, Owen Holland, and Michael Wheeler.

2009

#7523

History of telemedicine: Evolution, context, and transformation.

2009

#10775

Long-term control of HIV by CCR5 Delta32/Delta32 stem-cell transplantation.

Gero Hütter and co-authors reported the first long-term remission or "cure" of HIV/AIDS in a human. The patient, Timothy Ray Brown also known as "The Berlin Patient" also suffered from myeloid leukemia and underwent s…

2009

#11355

The quest for artificial intelligence.

A history of artificial intelligence in general, including medical applications, from the 18th century onward by a pioneer of artificial intelligence.

2009

#11399

The coming of age of artificial intelligence in medicine.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Patel, Shortliffe, Stefanelli, Szolovits, Berthold, Bellazzi, Abu-Hanna. "Abstract: This paper is based on a panel discussion held at the Artificial Intelligence in Med…

2009

#13335

Single Lgr5 stem cells build crypt-villus structures in vitro without a mesenchymal niche.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Sato, de Vries, .... Clevers. Clevers and postdoc Toshiro Sato took adult stem cells from the mouse intestine and created the first mini-guts they called organoids—thre…

2009

#13728

Detecting influenza epidemics using search engine query data.

Abstract "Seasonal influenza epidemics are a major public health concern, causing tens of millions of respiratory illnesses and 250,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide each year1. In addition to seasonal influenza, a new …

2010

#7359

The cybernetic brain: Sketches of another future.

2010

#7510

A vast machine: Computer models, climate data, and the politics of global warming.

2010

#9459

The introduction of numerical methods to assess the effects of medical interventions during the 18th century: a brief history.

An outstanding bibliographical survey available online from the James Lind Library at this link.