Editing 1957 in science (section)

==Medicine==
* June 27 – A report by the [[Medical Research Council (UK)]] reveals evidence to support a link between [[tobacco smoking]] and [[lung cancer]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_2956000/2956618.stm|title=Smoking 'causes lung cancer'|publisher=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2007-12-04|date=1957-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110015604/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/27/newsid_2956000/2956618.stm|archive-date=2007-11-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
* October 1 – The drug [[Thalidomide]] is launched as a [[sedative]] by [[Grünenthal GmbH]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Moghe, Vijay V.|year=2008|title=Thalidomide|journal=Bombay Hospital Journal|volume=50|issue=3|page=446|url=http://www.bhj.org/journal/2008_5003_july/download/page-472-476.pdf|access-date=2009-10-25|display-authors=etal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722164029/http://www.bhj.org/journal/2008_5003_july/download/page-472-476.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-22|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* October 11 – An article by [[Fred Kummerow]] suggests a link between [[trans fats]] and heart disease.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Occurrence of trans Fatty Acids in Human Tissue|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|date=1957-10-11|volume=126|issue=3276|pages=698–699|doi=10.1126/science.126.3276.698-a|pmid=13467268|bibcode=1957Sci...126..698J|last1=Johnston|first1=P. V.|last2=Johnson|first2=O. C.|last3=Kummerow|first3=F. A.|s2cid=6725282 }}</ref>
* [[Hashimoto's thyroiditis]] is recognised as an [[autoimmune disease]], the first identified as organ-specific.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moore|first1=Elaine A.|last2=Wilkinson|first2=Samantha|title=The Promise of Low Dose Naltrexone Therapy: Potential Benefits in Cancer, Autoimmune, Neurological and Infectious Disorders|date=2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786452583|page=30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bkZ9dWPrz2QC&pg=PA30}}</ref>