National Alzheimer’s Disease Month was established
On Nov. 30, 1983, the National Alzheimer’s Disease Month was established by former President Ronald Reagan. During each…
On Nov. 30, 1983, the National Alzheimer’s Disease Month was established by former President Ronald Reagan. During each…
On Jul. 16, 1983, the National Cancer Institute launched the Community Clinical Oncology Program (CCOP) to establish a…
On Jul. 1, 1983, two enhanced pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines were licensed (Pneumovax 23 by Merck on Jul. 11…
On Jun. 22, 1983, the American Association of Blood Banks, the Council of Community Blood Centers, and the…
On Jun. 17, 1983, Applied Molecular Genetics (AMGen) issued its Initial Public Offering of 2,350,000 shares at $18…
in May 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed into law a bill that established the Foundation for the Advancement…
On Apr. 1, 1983, the University of Nebraska Medical Center performed their first bone marrow transplant. The program…
On Feb. 7, 1983, Rita M. Lavelle, head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program to clean up…
On Feb. 3, 1983, the USC Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute was dedicated. Ground was…
On Jan. 3, 1983, the Orphan Drug Act was passed by Congress with the leadership of Rep. Henry…
In 1983, Cook County Hospital’s Ron Sable, MD, and Renslow Sherer, MD, founded Chicago’s first HIV/AIDS clinic.
In 1983, Kary Mullis, PhD, a scientist at the Cetus Corp., conceived of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) as…
In 1983, the Western Research Institute (WRI), an independent research corporation, was established when the U.S. Department of…
In 1983, Amgen scientists isolated the gene that creates EPO and filed a patent. Pioneering studies on erythropoietin…
In 1983, Hollister-Stier Laboratories became a division of the Miles Pharmaceutical Group. Hollister-Stier Laboratories, located in Spokane, was…
In 1983, the Massey Cancer Center opened under the direction of Dr. Walter Lawrence Jr., a surgeon and…
In 1983, the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) was chartered by South Carolina as a public, non-profit corporation…
In 1983, Dr. Tak Wah Mak co-discovered the T-cell receptor and the gene that produces it. Dr. Mak…
In 1983, Bristol-Myers marketed VEPESID (etoposide) for cancer.
In 1983, Henri Termeer became president of Genzyme Corporation. Termeer was previously a senior executive Baxter. Genzyme was…
In 1983, Harvard Medical School researchers, led by James Gusella, found a genetic marker for Huntingtonï¾’s disease, a…
In 1983, donors to the CGIAR boosted its annual budget 16%, making its overall growth in funding since…
In 1983, Sickle Cell Month was officially recognized nationally when the House of Representatives unanimously passed the resolution,…
In 1983, Harvard University scientists Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart created OncoMice by using a fine glass needle…
In 1983, Pat Mooney’s Law of the Seed was released and claims that, with patents to protect them,…
In 1983, Computerized tomography of the colon (virtual colonoscopy) was proposed as a screening method to identify colon…
In 1983, additive solutions were shown to extend the shelf life of red blood cells to 42 days.
In 1983, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs) was uncovered by the use of restriction endonucleases which cleave DNA…
In 1983, the Office of International Affairs was reorganized to add a Scientific Information Branch and a Computer…
In 1983, the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Resources, Centers and Community Activities was renamed the Division of…