Some recent discoveries and medical advances— 

• Discovery and application of a hormonal treatment for prostate cancer 
• Development of a diagnostic test for bladder cancer 
• Validation of a breast and ovarian cancer risk prediction tool for women with a family history of breast and ovarian cancer  
• Discovery of a highly efficient immune mechanism for preventing neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer’s disease 
• Development of DNA diagnostic tests capable of identifying infection-causing microorganisms in less than an hour 
• Development of an experimental vaccine for leishmaniasis (black fever), a serious parasitic disease that affects millions of people in 88 countries 
• Prenatal screening for Down’s syndrome-21 in the first trimester of pregnancy
• Women’s health: confirmation that women suffering from preclampsia (high blood pressure during pregnancy) have a higher risk of cardiovascular illness later in life