Find a scientist with a discovery that might lead to a new drug.

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The road to eradication of smallpox started more than 200 years ago when scientist Edward Jenner made a discovery which led to the development of a vaccine.

BBC: Twenty years free of smallpox

Scientists had no hard evidence on how it works, but the recent discovery of the COX-3 enzyme by Daniel Simmons, a scientist at Brigham Young University, might hasten the arrival of the next Tylenol.

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On a recent trip to the Bay Area, we had the opportunity to speak to Mark Showalter, the senior research scientist at the organization's Carl Sagan Center, an astronomer who played a key role in the discovery of the celestial bodies.

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"After IUPAC officially recognised our discovery, we agreed on proposing the name (because) we would like to honour an outstanding scientist, " said Professor Hofmann.

BBC: New element named 'copernicium'