Samuel Broder became the tenth director of the National Cancer Institute
On Dec. 22, 1988, Samuel Broder became the tenth director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until 1995.
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.
On Dec. 16, 1988, the Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center was established through a $7 million gift…
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 Nov. 4, 1984 the Health Research Extension Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-607) was signed into law. The…
On Oct. 24, 2006, Canadian scientists discovered that bacteria taken from the bodies of two explorers frozen in…
On Sept. 30, 1988, the first Consortium Cancer Center was established, comprised of three historically black medical schools….
On Aug. 15, 1988, a program advisory committee on the human genome was established to advise the National…
In Jul., 1988, George Wesley was convicted of the September 1987 murder of Helen Kendrick, an elderly, developmentally…
On Jun. 30, 1988, The California Genetic Resources Conservation Program was closed by the Division. In 1985,California becomes…
On Jun. 24, 1988, University of Washington hearing researchers published In “Science” the first report of inner ear…
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…
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. 22, 1988, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommendations to administer Hib conjugate vaccine to all…
In 1988, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Center for Chronic Disease Prevention…
In 1988, ZymoGenetics was acquired by Novo Nordisk of Denmark, the world’s largest manufacturer of human insulin, diabetes…
In 1988, Dr. Charles Esmon, scientist in the Cardiovascular Research Program, was named a Howard Hughes investigator for…
In 1988, Dr. Fletcher Taylor and Dr. Charles Esmon filed for a patent on discoveries theyï¾’d made about…
In 1988, the first Science Open House was held at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) for high school…
In 1988, The Center for AIDS Research at Albert Einstein Cancer Center was funded by the NIH. Researchers…
In 1988, Dr. Irv Weissman became the first scientist to identify and isolate stem cells in any species,…
In 1988, radiation oncology physicist James Purdy, PhD and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine developed a…
In 1988, The University of Michigan Cancer Center was founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In 1988, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) was established to provide compensation following a vaccine-related adverse…
In 1988, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Frank H. Westheimer by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1988, the first detailed description of the rate of mutation in humans at the DNA level. In…
In 1988, DNA was first used to resolve murders in the UK. Colin Pitchfork was convicted of murdering…