Question

What present-day medical technology did Marie Curie's work help to develop? A) microscopic surgery B) vaccination for polio C) x-rays D) blood banks

Answer 1

Answer: C, x-rays is correct

Explanation:

Some of her many achievements include developing a theory of radioactivity and discovering radium. Her research was critical for the development of x-rays.

Answer 2

The present-day medical technology that Marie Curie's work helped to develop is C. x-rays. She was a famous physicist and chemist who worked a lot on radioactivity, as well as x-rays that are used today in medicine to scan the body for harmful objects and to scan the bones for fractures. For A, a Swede named Carl-Olof Siggesson Nylen was responsible. B, Albert Sabin developed the vaccine for polio. D, John Braxton Hicks was the first one who worked in such a hospital.