Editing 1982 in science (section)

==Medicine==
* July 20 – [[Allen Hill (scientist)|Allen Hill]] and colleagues at the [[University of Oxford]] develop a glucose biosensor.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Cass, A. E. G.|title=Ferrocene-mediated enzyme electrode for amperometric determination of glucose|journal=[[Analytical Chemistry (journal)|Analytical Chemistry]]|volume=56|year=1985|issue=4 |pages=667–71|display-authors=etal|doi=10.1021/ac00268a018|pmid=6721151}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=RSC honours Oxford University team behind diabetic breakthrough|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|url=http://www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2012/oxford-university-glucose-sensor-chemical-landmark.asp|date=2012-07-16|access-date=2014-10-10}}</ref>
* September 9 – [[George Brownlee]] and colleagues at the University of Oxford publish their results of cloning human clotting factor IX.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]|volume=299|pages=178–180|year=1982|doi=10.1038/299178a0|title=Molecular cloning of the gene for human anti-haemophilic factor IX|author1=Choo, K. H. |author2=Gould, K. G. |author3=Rees, D. J. G. |author4=Brownlee, G. G. |pmid=6287289|issue=5879|bibcode = 1982Natur.299..178C |s2cid=1298041 }}</ref>
* November – [[Helen & Douglas House|Helen House]], the world’s first [[Children's hospice|children’s hospice]], is set up by [[Frances Ritchie|Sister Frances Dominica]] in [[Oxford]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2009/01/09/helen_house_feature.shtml|title=The story of Helen House|first=Emma|last=Midgley|date=2009-09-09|publisher=[[BBC Berkshire]]|access-date=2013-09-07}}</ref>
* December 2 – At the [[University of Utah]], 61-year-old retired dentist [[Barney Clark (patient)|Barney Clark]] becomes the first person to receive a permanent [[artificial heart]]; he lives for 112 days with the device.
* [[Janet Balaskas]] establishes and names the active birth movement.<ref>{{cite book|first=Janet|last=Balaskas|title=Active Birth|publisher=Unwin|location=London|year=1983|isbn=0-04-612033-5}}</ref>
* [[Working Formulation]] adopted as a standard classification for [[non-Hodgkin lymphoma]]s.
* [[Atomic Energy of Canada]] creates [[Therac-25]], a radiation treatment for cancer patients to remove tumors; however the treatment causes 6 deaths between 1985-87 after people are seriously burned by the number of rads: the correct dose of rads is 200-1,000 rads but Therac-25 has 15,000-20,000 rads which is fatal. It is no longer used after 1987.