He worked for more than two decades for the Gulf Research and Development Company, a subsidiary of Gulf Oil, contributing to significant advances in applied seismology, or methods for finding oil and natural gas deposits.
The line of cells — which scientists nicknamed "HeLa" cells after the first two letters of Lacks's first and last names — would go on to contribute to significant advances in scientific research, lead to two Nobel Prizes in research, and the development of vaccines, cancer treatments, in vitro fertilization and a genome sequence that was published last year.
Nevertheless, we believe these algorithms will contribute to significant advances in the pathological diagnosis of cancer in the near future.
The official, Tereza Campello, whose title is minister of social development and fight against hunger, said that the program, known as Bolsa Familia, had helped to improve the lives of millions of impoverished families and had directly contributed to significant, statistically validated advances in childhood nutrition, schooling and health care.
It concludes the FCTC "has contributed to significant and rapid progress" in tobacco control action.
DNA nanotechnology offers unique and exciting advantages that may contribute to important advances in nanomedicine.
Despite recent advances in both surgical technique and perioperative care, infectious complications remain a major clinical problem in colorectal surgery, contributing to significant postoperative morbidity, increased mortality, prolonged hospital stay and additional costs [ 3– 6].
