On Dec. 18, 1992, Taxol (paclitaxel), an anticancer drug extracted from the bark of the Pacific yew, received…
On Dec. 10, 1992, the Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus vaccine inactivated (JE-Vax by Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases…
On Dec. 3, 1992, The United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclaimed Dec. 3 as the International Day of…
On Nov. 19, 1992, Larry Moore was convicted of the murder of former Gallatin County Sheriff’s Deputy Brad…
On Nov. 2, 1992, the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center bridge opened. The 660-foot-long suspended pedestrian enclosed skybridge is…
On Oct. 27, 1992, the CDC was officially renamed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, retraining its initials…
On Oct. 27, 1992, the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) was passed (P.L. 102-539) by the U.S. Congress….
On Oct. 12, 1992, Edmond Fisher and Edwin Krebs of University of Washington’s (UW) School of Medicine received…
On Oct. 7, 1992, the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) was enacted. The MQSA required national, uniform quality…
On Sept. 11, 1992, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began recommendations for folic acid…
On Sept. 3, 1992, PathoGenesis Corp. was founded by Robert Nowinski. The company, based in Seattle, developed an…
On Aug. 21, 1992, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved licensure of a second DTaP product, prepared…
On Jun. 25, 1992, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the National Center for…
On Jun. 1, 1992, the FDA recommended that all donated blood be screened for antibodies to human immunodeficiency…
On May 25, 1992, the American Chemical Society announced that Robert W. Parry from the University of Utah…
On May 13, 1992, the U.S. Congress announced the Generic Drug Enforcement Act, sponsored by Rep. John Dingell…
On Apr. 16, 1992, a controlled trial of showed low-dose methotrexate to be effective in resistant Juvenile rheumatoid…
In Apr. 13, 1982, Representative Henry Waxman, U.S. Congressman from Los Angeles, held the first congressional hearing on…
On Feb. 29, 1992, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Â announced new food labeling rules. The purpose…
On Feb. 28, 1992, Madigan Army Medical Center opened its 1.2 million square foot complex, the newest and…
On Feb. 27, 1992, Dr. Robert Adams and Dr. Virgil C. McKie of the Medical College of Georgia…
In Jan. 1922, James Bertram Collip produced the first insulin for humans. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
In 1992, DNA evidence was used to identify Josef Mengele from skeletal remains. Bone DNA analysis was therefore…
In 1992, University of Alberta (UAberta) researchers Kelly James and Richard Stein invented the first bionic leg, a…
In 1992, The NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) joined with the London Stock Exchange (LSE) forming the first intercontinental…
In 1992, President George Bush signed the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) and under the Clinton administration,…
In 1992, Dr. Gerald Edelman joined the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic faculty (TSRI). In addition to his…
In 1992, Rudolph A. Marcus of Caltech was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his contributions to…
In 1992, working in rice,ï¾ Professor Pamela Ronaldï¾ discovered the Xa21 gene that is key to disease resistance in plants.ï¾ …
In 1992, the National Cancer Institute awarded the Pacific Health Research Institute its largest and most enduring project….