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What do HIV drugs, CPR and Botox have in common? They’re all featured in TIME’s Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2010, written by Healthland’s own Alice Park. The list shows how far medicine has advanced in the last 365 days, including the development of diagnostic blood tests (to predict heart attack and Alzheimer’s) and groundbreaking inventions in the lab (synthetic cells and artificial ovaries). Check out the full list here.
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