Mouse model of prostate cancer was developed at Washington University – St Louis
In 1998, Washington University – St. Louis researcher Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD and colleagues developed a mouse model…
In 1998, Washington University – St. Louis researcher Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD and colleagues developed a mouse model…
On Dec. 21, 1998, the Lyme Disease Vaccine (Recombinant OspA), (LYMErix by SmithKline Beecham) was licensed for use…
On Nov. 23, 1998, the University of California at Berkeley announced it had signed a five-year, $25 million…
On Nov. 26, 1998, Wisconsin biologist James Thomson reported the first isolation and culturing of human embryonic stem…
On Nov. 3, 1998, the NASDAQ completed its merger with the American Stock Exchange, which mostly traded options…
In Oct. 1998, the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Surveillance Network was created to determine the prevalence of FAS within…
On Sept. 25, 1998, the FDA approved the monoclonal antibody Herceptin (Trastuzumab) for treatment of metastatic breast cancer…
On Sept. 25, 1998, the Genentech drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) was approved by the FDA Genentech drug Herceptin (trastuzumab)…
On Sept. 14, 1998, researchers from the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (BCPT) published a full report and update…
On Sept. 8, 1998, the Medical College of Georgia researchers Dr. David Munn and immunologist Andrew Melllor identified…
On Aug. 31, 1998, Rotashield (Wyeth Laboratories, Marietta, Pennsylvania) was licensed by the FDA for oral administration to…
On Aug. 26, 1998, the Children’s Vaccine Program was established at WHO’s Program for Appropriate Technology in Health…
On Jul. 29, 1998, the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (Certiva by North American…
On Jul. 29, 1998, the Stamp Out Breast Cancer stamp was issued. The driving force behind the creation…
On Jul. 15, 1998, Aptein, founded by Glenn Kawasaki in Seattle, was acquired by Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT)…
On Jun. 16, 1998, UW Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Childrenï¾’s announced the formation of…
On Apr. 6, 1998, results of the National Cancer Institute’s Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, testing the effectiveness of…
On Mar. 27, 1998. the Pfizer drug Viagra (Sildenafil) was approved by the FDA to treat erectile dysfunction….
Feb. 13, 1998, Dr. David Satcher was sworn in as U.S. Surgeon General.
On Jan. 13, 1998, Seattle Genetics (Seagen) was founded in Bothell as a biotechnology company focused on developing…
In 1998, The Oregon Regional Primate Research Center becomes an OHSU research unit.
In 1998, The Case Cancer Center (Case CCC) was recognized as an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. The Case…
In 1998, The Oregon College of Dentistry was founded in Portland.
In 1998, the Neurological Sciences Institute (NSI) joined the university as its fifth research unit. NSI researchers conduct…
In 1998, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital’s new state-of-the-art pediatric medical complex was opened. Built with private funding and bond…
In 1998, The Mark O. Hatfield Research Center was dedicated. The center houses a variety of basic and…
In 1998, the Oregon Cancer Center moved its administrative offices to the newly dedicated Mark O. Hatfield Research…
In 1998, The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was divided equally between Walter Kohn “for his development of the…
In 1998, Hematech was co-founded by University of Massachusetts researcher Jim Robl, relocated to Sioux Falls. Dr. Robl…
In 1998, Medical College of Virginia surgeons performed country’s first living donor liver transplant between unrelated adults.