Stanford Medicine researchers developed an animal model for studying the human immune system
In 1988, Stanford Medicine researchers Irving Weissman and Mike McCune created an animal model that can be used…
In 1988, Stanford Medicine researchers Irving Weissman and Mike McCune created an animal model that can be used…
On Dec. 22, 1988, Samuel Broder became the tenth director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until 1995….
On Dec. 21, 1988, the conjugated Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (HibTITER by Wyeth-Lederle) was licensed. Prior to…
On Dec. 16, 1988, the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center was established through a $7 million gift…
In December 1988, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored a workshop to address the standardization of cervical/vaginal cytopathology…
On Dec. 1, 1988, World AIDS Day is held on December 1 each year and is an opportunity…
On Nov. 16, 1988, the President signed into law the Generic Animal Drug and Patent Term Restoration Act….
On Aug. 15, 1988, a program advisory committee on the human genome was established to advise the National…
On Jun. 30, 1988, The California Genetic Resources Conservation Program was closed by the Division. In 1985, California…
On Jun. 24, 1988, University of Washington hearing researchers published In “Science” the first report of inner ear…
On Jun. 17, 1988, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the recipients…
On Apr. 22. 1988, the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 (PDMA) was signed into law by the…
On Apr. 12, 1988, the Harvard Mouse created by molecular geneticists led by Philip Leder created the first…
In 1988, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Frank H. Westheimer ‘for his numerous contributions…
On Mar. 18, 1988, Dr. Charles Esmon, a scientist from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) in the…
On Mar. 11, 1988, the World Health Assembly (the ministers of health of all member states of the…
On Mar. 2, 1988, the Landmarks Preservation Board officially designated the Seattle City Light Steam Plant building and…
On Jan. 23, 1988, Colin Pitchfork was convicted of murdering two girls in 1983 and 1986 in Narborough,…
On Jan. 22, 1988, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended the Hib conjugate vaccine be provided to…
In 1988, Dr. Fletcher Taylor and Dr. Charles Esmon from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) filed for…
In 1988, Bio-Care, a company based in Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia, was given permission by the…
In 1988, Gertrude B. Elion shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the ‘discoveries of important…
In 1988, the U.S. Congress enacted the National Space Grant College and Fellowship program. The National Space Grant…
In 1988, the first detailed description of the rate of mutation in humans at the DNA level was…
In 1988, the National Cancer Institute journals Cancer Treatment Reports and Journal of the National Cancer Institute (NCI)…
In 1988, the International Cancer Information Center established a separate office in the National Cancer Institute Office of…
In 1988, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution for the worldwide eradication of polio, marking the launch…
In 1988, Food and Drug Administration Act of 1988 officially established FDA as an agency of the Department…
In 1988, the FDA enacted accelerated regulatory process for products combating terminal diseases.
In 1988, the U.S. Postal Service proposes to ban mailings of microbe samples capable of causing diseases. Of…