Public to rate top medical advances

MEMBERS of the public are being invited to vote on the greatest medical advances in more than a century.

The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has drawn up a shortlist of 15 medical breakthroughs made since its launch in 1840.

The list has been compiled from more than 100 nominations by BMJ readers and includes achievements such as the discovery of antibiotics, the launch of the contraceptive pill, and the development of vaccines.