Literature review on historial and track it to present day developed - (Oct/25/2008 )

This is what i am supposed to do:

Do a literature review of the current developments in a specific area of biomedical science (e.g. not cancer but specifically melanoma, not anemia but Fanconi anemia etc). Include in your review, a historical account and track it to present day developments with focus on medico-scientific research contributions.

Anyone can suggested some nice topic that i could write a lot on it ?

Look into malaria. There's an interesting genetic link to it and sickle cell anemia. Or cystic fibrosis and its link to typhoid, cholera, and tuberculosis.