Medical College of Georgia researchers identified enzyme role in preventing a mother’s immune system from rejecting a fetus
On Sept. 8, 1998, the Medical College of Georgia researchers Dr. David Munn and immunologist Andrew Melllor identified…
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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
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 Stamp Out Breast Cancer stamp was first issued. The driving force behind the…
On Jul. 29, 1998, the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (Certiva by North American…
On Jul. 15, 1998, Aptein, founded by Glenn Kawasaki in Seattle, was acquired by Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT)…
In 1998, Rainbow papaya seed, a transgenic virus-resistant variety, were released to farmers, allowing farmers to cultivate this…
On Jun. 16, 1998, University of Washington Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s announced the…
On April 30, 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the Genentech’s drug Xeloda (capecitabine) for the…
In 1998, the Priestley Medal was awarded to F. Albert Cotton by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
On Mar. 27, 1998. the Pfizer drug Viagra (Sildenafil) was approved by the FDA to treat erectile dysfunction….
In March 1998, the Stop TB Initiative was established following a meeting of the First Ad hoc Committee…
On Feb. 14, 1998, National Donor Day was started by the Saturn Corporation and its United Auto Workers…
Feb. 13, 1998, Dr. David Satcher was sworn in as U.S. Surgeon General.
On Feb. 10, 1998, the Cook County Board of Commissioners took the final steps in the approval process,…
On Jan. 13, 1998, Seattle Genetics (Seagen) was founded in Bothell as a biotechnology company focused on developing…
In 1998, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Dale proclaimed November “National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month” in Chicago. The National Sarcoidosis…
In 1998, the Cystic Fibrosis Research Center was founded at University of Iowa’s College of Medicine. Today, the…
In 1998, The University of Minnesota Cancer Center, which was founded in 1991, was renamed the Masonic Cancer…
In 1998, some research caused concern that hepatitis B vaccination might be linked with multiple sclerosis (MS), a…
In 1998, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began surveillance of swine for influenza virus in the U.S….
In 1998, the The Prostate Centre at VGH, now known as the Vancouver Prostate Centre, was founded. The…
In 1998, National Cancer Institute (NCI)Â awarded the City of Hope Cancer Center NCI-comprehensive cancer center designation. City…
In 1998, The Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center received a $5 million gift from local philanthropist Henrietta Lee which…
In 1998, University of Calgary’s Dr. Patrick Lee revealed that reovirus injected in mice shrank tumours from brain…
In 1998, Cancer incidence rates showed first sustained decline since the National Cancer Institute (NCI) began keeping records…
In 1998, the Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act (MQSA) was passed by the U.S. Congress and continued the…
In 1998, the first phase to consolidate U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laboratories nationwide from 19 facilities…
In 1998, the Pediatric Rule was implemented that required drug manufacturers to study the efficacy and safety of…
O Oct. 13, 1998, Walter Kohn of the University of California at Santa Barbara was awarded the 1998…