Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia
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This is a fun one to scroll through. Maybe somebody will enjoy it.

  • vermaterc@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    2021: Pfizer develops the world’s first pill for COVID.

    That surprised me. I don’t want to diminish the work that has been done to develop this vaccine, still is it really a new invention? I thought it was done using already known technology

    • pelya@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      If you can call CRISPR a known technology them yes. Like calling a combustion engine a known technology to develop a new car.