In 2001, the Stephenson Cancer Center was established. Located on the University of Oklahoma (OU) Health Sciences Center…
In 2001, the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute and Neurological Sciences Institute…
In 2001, Oregon Health Sciences Center’s name changed to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) as Governor John…
In 2001, the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) earned the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) highest distinction as a Comprehensive…
In 2001, the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies in the Texas Research Park at UT health…
In 2001, the Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the 2001 E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement would…
In 2001, the Regional Cancer Coalitions of Georgia were created by the General Assembly and Governor to ensure…
In 2001, human immunogenetics professor Dr. Gloria M. Dunston founded the National Human Genome Center at Howard University….
On Dec. 29, 2000, the Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication certified that the Western Pacific…
On Dec. 21, 2000, Dr. Peter St George-Hyslop developed a vaccine that prevented Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The…
On Dec. 4, 2000, the PET/CT scanner was named by TIME Magazine as the medical invention of the…
On Dec. 3, 2000, the National Cancer Institute announced it had established the Center to Reduce Cancer Health…
On Oct. 29, 2000, the Regional Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication certified that the Western Pacific…
On Sept. 22, 2000, Pathogenesis was acquired by Emeryville, California-based Chiron for $660 million or $38.50 per share….
On Aug. 22, 2000, researchers in Kenya announced they had field-tested twelve lines of sweetpotato variety CPT 560…
On Jul. 31, 2000, Genome British Columbia was founded as one of six Genome Canada centres across the…
On Jul. 28, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Semipostal Authorization Act (P.L. 106-253), which gave…
On Jul. 11, 2000, Stanford researchers announced they had identified a substance commonly added to toothpaste to prevent…
In 2000, the Holden Cancer Center at University of Iowa received National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center designation. The…
On Jul. 1, 2000, AgReliant Genetics was founded by global seed companies KWS of Einbeck, Germany and Limagrain…
On Jun. 16, 2000, Dendreon announced its initial public offering of 4,500,000 shares of common stock at $10.00…
On Jun. 7, 2000, President Clinton issued an Executive Memorandum that directed the Medicare program to revise its…
On June 2, 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it had approved Genentech’s drug TNKaseï¾® (tenecteplase)….
On Jun. 1, 2000, scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) announced the discovery of a new…
On May 25, 2000, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced funding of nine U.S….
On Apr. 24, 2000, Stanford researchers announced they have solved the structure of the RNA polymerase protein, one…
On Apr. 10, 2000, the Oregon Health Science Centers (OHSU) Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology…
On Apr. 6, 2000, a $60 million program was announced to address the unequal burden of cancer within…
On Mar. 27, 2000, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Darleane C. Hoffman “to recognize…
On Mar. 21, 2000, the Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 along ideological lines, that the U.S. Food…