On Dec. 19, 1978, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Cisplatin for use in testicular and ovarian…
On Nov. 9, 1978, the first human testing of a biological therapy was conducted (alpha-interferon). The Cancer Research…
On Nov. 9, 1978, the President Jimmy Carter signed the Community Mental Health Centers Act (P.L. 95-622) amending…
On Oct. 3, 1978, the University of Washington Health Sciences Building was renamed the Magnuson Health Sciences Center…
On Sept. 6, 1978, Genentech, the most successful of the new biotech start-up companies, announced that scientists at…
On Jul. 25, 1978, the first test-tube baby was born in the United Kingdom. Louise Joy Brown is…
In May 1978, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a patient was first diagnosed…
In 1978, The Priestley Medal was awarded to Melvin Calvin by the American Chemical Society “to recognize distinguished…
On Jan. 3, 1978, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed the Monovalent group A (Menomune-A by…
On Jan. 3, 1978, the Yellow fever vaccine (YF-Vax by Connaught) was licensed in the U.S. The Yellow…
In 1978, the Norris Cotton Cancer Center in New Hampshire received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated in recognition…
In 1978, the University of Kentucky (UK) Markey Cancer Foundation, previously the Ephraim McDowell Cancer Research Foundation, was…
In 1978, the Carbone Cancer Center Clinical Sciences Center was completed in January adding over 70,000 square feet…
In 1978, Ontario researchers led by Dr. Henry Barnett demonstrated that Aspirin can prevent strokes. Five hundred and…
In 1978, Dr. Shannon Lucid, a researcher in the Biomembrane Research Laboratory, was selected by NASA as one…
In 1978, Johnsonï¾ & ï¾ Johnson announced plans to build their new World Headquarters in New Brunswick, New Jersey….
In 1978, Squibb formed ConvaTec as a separate division to develop adhesive skin barriers and products that could…
In 1978, Hybritech was founded by cancer researcher Ivor Royston and lab technician Howard Birndorf of the University…
In 1978, metastatic cells were shown to arise from pre-existing subpopulations of cells in primary tumors.
In 1978, Tamoxifen, an anti-estrogen drug, was approved by the FDA for the treatment of breast cancer. Tamoxifen…
In 1978, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved cisplatin (Platinol) for use in combination with other…
In 1978, Carl Woese, an American microbiologist defined Archaea as a new domain based upon genetic relationships that…
In 1978, Drs. Shaffer, Hoskins and Hetherington founded the Glaucoma Research Foundation (GRF), now America’s oldest and most…
In 1978, The University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) received its first National Cancer Institute (NCI) Support Grant…
In 1978, the University of California, San Diego Cancer Center was founded as one of just 45 National…
In 1978, University of California, Berkeley (UC-Berkeley) scientist Choh Hao Li discovers Beta-endorphin, a substance produced in the…
In 1978, The Karmanos Cancer Institute (KCI), a not-for-profit, NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center was founded in metropolitan Detroit….
In 1978, The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes (BDC) was founded by Marvin Davis, former chair of…
In 1978, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held its first international conference on Legionnaires’…
In 1978, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) completed construction of a new hot lab…