Western Washington Receives Nearly $8 million in DOJ grants to improve public safety, including rapid DNA machines
On Sept. 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice announced it had awarded nearly $8 million to cities,…
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Biotechnology | Disease | HIV | Therapeutics | WHO
A seventh case of HIV cure reported
On Jul. 25, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced during the 25th International AIDS Conference, being held…
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U.S. Supreme Court blocks Purdue Pharma bankruptcy settlement
On Jun. 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement that would have…
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Partners Announce Innovative Cloning Advancements for Black-footed Ferret Conservation
On Apr. 17, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its genetic research partners announced the birth…
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Study reveals no causal link between neurodevelopmental disorders and acetaminophen exposure before birth
On Apr. 11, 2024, a study of data from more than 2 million children in Sweden reported that…
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Gene study identifies DNA variants linked to dyslexia
On Jan. 25, 2024, a study led by the University of Edinburgh, is the largest genetic study of…
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RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species
On Sept. 22, 2023, a new study showed the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA…
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Breakthrough Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Severe Developmental Epilepsy in Children
On Jun. 27, 2023, researchers from Tel Aviv University announced they have developed an innovative gene therapy that…
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World’s first birth after uterus transplantation with robot-assisted surgery alone
On May 26, 2023, the University of Gothenburg announced that for the first time worldwide, in yet another…
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FDA Clears New Insulin Pump and Algorithm-Based Software to Support Enhanced Automatic Insulin Delivery
On May 19, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Beta Bionics iLet ACE Pump…
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CDC | Diagnostics | Disease | Environmental
CDC Describes cases of welder’s anthrax, a newly identified, deadly occupational disease
On April 21, 2022, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Institute for Occupational…
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USDA grants to fund studies of plant viruses, insecticides
On Sept. 17, 2020, two Cornell University research teams, studying crop viruses and insecticides’ physiological effects on insects,…
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First Swedish transplant of uterus from deceased donor
On Feb. 17, 2020, the University of Gothenburg announced that the team responsible for uterine transplantation research has,…
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The Tyrosinemia Society Was founded
On Feb. 25, 2019, the Tyrosinemia Society (TS, Inc.) was founded by Dr. Elizabeth Barnby, a researcher and…
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World War I Killer Took Almost as Many US Troops’ Lives as Combat
On Aug. 29, 2018, one hundred years ago, there were two major killers in the world: World War…
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Jackson Lab Wins fight over CRISPR patent
On Jan. 3, 2017, the Jackson Laboratory announced it had obtained CRISPR licenses from the University of California,…
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World’s first child born after uterus transplantation
On Oct. 3, 2014, the University of Gothenburg announced that seven Swedish women in a ground-breaking research project…
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buckyballs, Fullerenes Were Discovered
On Nov. 14, 1985, buckyballs were discovered by chemists Harold Kroto, Robert Curl, and Richard Smalley. While experimenting…
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Union Carbide Toxic Gas Leak became the worst industrial accident in history
On Dec. 3, 1984, more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a Union Carbide Corp….
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pneumonia outbreak announced at American Legion convention in Philadelphia
On Jul. 21, 1976, an estimated 4,400 American Legionnaires and guests gathered at a Bellevue-Stratford Hotel for the…
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Jewel Plummer Cobb Joined the Marine Biological Laboratory
In 1949, Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D. became an independent investigator at the Marine Biological Laboratory, where she studied…
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Thimerosal was commercialized by Eli Lilly
In 1928, Thimerosal was commercialized by Eli Lilly under the trade name Merthiolate, an antiseptic solution containing thimerosal,…
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January brought an Increase in influenza Epidemic in Philadelphia
Jan. 1, 1919, brought an increase in the influenza epidemic in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. With the disease having…
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Pennsylvania health official lifted School closure orders after influenza Pandemic
On Nov. 9, 1918, in Pittsburgh, Director of the Department of Health Dr. W. H. Davis announced that…
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Pennsylvania health officials lifted influenza closure orders
On Nov. 4, 1918, after a decline in the explosive influenza case numbers, Pennsylvania health officials lifted closure…
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first dose of Pasteur’s rabies vaccine Administered in the United States
On July 5, 1886, Harold Newell began a series of ten inoculations after being bitten by a rabid…
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Children’s Hospital Was Founded
In 1855, Children’s Hospital, now known as Nationwide Children’s Hospital, was founded in Columbus, Ohio, by Francis West…
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Thimerosal was synthesized and patented
In 1927, Thimerosal was synthesized and patented by chemist Morris Kharasch at the University of Maryland. Thimerosal is…
