Researchers completed draft genome sequence for cassava
On Nov. 9, 2009, The Global Cassava Partnership (GCP-21) — a team of academic, government and industry researchers…
The genome of a pig was sequenced by an international consortium
On Nov. 2, 2009, an international consortium lead by Larry Schook at the University of Illinois in Champaign…
Sanford Health merged with MeritCare
On Nov. 2, 2009 Sanford Health merged with MeritCare. In 2007 the Sioux Valley Health Care System was…
The genome of the cucumber was sequenced
On Nov. 1, 2009, an international consortium lead by Chinese and U.S. institutions announced they had sequenced the…
Smilow Cancer Hospital opened for patient care
On Oct. 26, 2009, the Smilow Cancer Hospital opened for patient care with MarÃa Rosa Menocal, a Yale…
swine flu outbreak declared a national emergency
On Oct. 24, 2009, President Barack Obama declared the swine flu (N1n1) outbreak a national emergency. The declaration…
Merck announced the company will cease production of monovalent measles, mumps and rubella vaccines
On Oct. 21, 2009, Merck announced that the company will not resume production of monovalent measles, mumps, and…
AGA Medical completed its IPO worth $1.3 billion
On Oct. 20, 2009, AGA Medical, based in Plymouth, designed and sold small devices that closed defects in…
FDA approved Cervarix, GlaxoSmithKline’s cervical cancer vaccine
On Oct. 16, 2009, GlaxoSmithKline announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Cervarix [Human papillomavirus…
FDA approved new indication for gardasil to prevent genital warts in men and boys
On Oct. 16, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved new indication for gardasil to prevent…
David Suzuki received the Right Livelihood Award for his climate change activism
On Oct. 13, 2009, environmentalist and former genetics professor David Suzuki received the Right Livelihood Award for his…
Omeros Corp completed its IPO
On Oct. 8, 2009, Omeros Corp. launched an initial public offering at $10.00 per share and raised $62.1…
Francis Collins appointed director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health
On Oct. 7, 2009, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D. was appointed the 16th Director of the National Institutes…
Ada E. Yonath won a share of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.
On Oct. 7, 2009, the Nobel Foundation announced that Ada E. Yonath had won a share of the…
Elizabeth Blackburn won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres
On Oct. 5, 2009, Elizabeth H. Blackburn won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Carol W. Greider won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009 for discovering how chromosomes are protected by telomeres
On Oct. 5, 2009, Carol W. Greider won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
University of Toronto researchers used nanomaterials to develop a microchip to detect cancer
On Sept. 27, 2009, University of Toronto researchers announced that they had used nanomaterials to develop a microchip…
Phase III results for first HIV/AIDS (Aidsvax) vaccine reported
On Sept. 24, 2009, the second Phase III HIV-1 vaccine trial, also known as RV144, that began in…
Dr. Brian Druker honored with Lasker Award
On Sept. 16, 2009, Brian J. Druker, M.D.,whose research led to the development of Gleevec, the first targeted…
FDA approved four vaccines against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus
On Sept. 15, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved four Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent…
Seattle Cancer Care Alliance House opened a state-of-the-art, 80-room, ‘green building’
In Sept. 2009, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) House opened. A state-of-the-art, 80-room, ‘green building,’ SCCA House offers…
Confirma was acquired by Merge Healthcare
On Sept. 1, 2009, Confirma was acquired by Milwaukee, WI-based Merge Healthcare in an all-stock transaction valued at…
ACIP issued recommendations on the use of H1N1 influenza vaccines
On Jul. 31, 2009, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) updates the 2008 recommendations regarding the use of…
National Institutes of Health launched Human Connectome Project to unravel the brain’s connections
On Jul. 15, 2009, the National Institutes of Health Blueprint for Neuroscience Research announced it was launching a…
Pfizer collaborated on landmark $6 million oncology research project with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
On Jul. 15, 2009, Pfizer with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and the Ontario Cancer Institute…
President Barack Obama nominated Regina Benjamin, MD to be U.S. surgeon general
On Jul. 13, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Regina Benjamin, MD, a family doctor in the shrimping village…
Kevin Ahern at Oregon State University was the recipient of the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon Mentor Award
On Jul. 6, 2009, Kevin Ahern, an instructor in Biochemistry and Biophysics at Oregon State University, was the…
DNA recovered from museum specimens of extinct moas, giant flightless birds
On Jul. 1, 2009, researchers from the University of Adelaide and Landcare Research in New Zealand have identified…
HHS announced advanced development contract for new way to make flu vaccine
On Jun. 23, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced advanced development contract for…
Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Dentistry Building opened
On Jun. 17, 2009, Virginia Commonwealth University’s school of Dentistry building opened its doors. The $20 million, four-story…