The Scripps Research Institute announced the establishment of a major science center in Palm Beach County, Florida
On Oct. 9, 2003, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced the establishment of a major science center in…
An obesity working group is established by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs
On Oct. 8, 2003, an obesity working group was established by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, charged…
American chemist Paul Lauterbur and British physicist Peter Mansfield shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
On Oct. 6, 2003, American chemist Paul Lauterbur and British physicist Peter Mansfield made pioneering contributions during the…
Winship Cancer Institute received a $19 million National Cancer Institute Planning Grant
On Sept. 29, 2003, Winship Cancer Institute (WCI) at Emory University received a $1.9 million National Cancer Institute…
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$81 million was awarded by NIAID through four new contracts to support development of candidate HIV vaccines
On Sept. 29, 2003, $81 million was awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) through…
The Allen Brain Atlas project was established with $100 million and named for its founder Paul G Allen
On Sept. 16, 2003, The Allen Institute for Brain Science, a division of the Allen Institute, was established…
The National Center for Research Resources awarded a $67 million grant to UGA for a Parkinson’s disease study
On Sept. 4, 2003, the National Center for Research Resources (NCCR) awarded a $6.7 million grant to the…
Death rates from the lung, breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers continued to decline in the late 1990s
On Sept. 3, 2003, the death rates from the four most common cancers, – lung, breast, prostate, and…
FDA approved an expanded indication for ENBREL (etanercept) to inhibit progression of structural damage of active arthritis
On Aug. 25, 2003, the FDA approved an expanded indication for ENBREL (etanercept) to inhibit the progression of…
OHSU announced results of a smallpox vaccine study on America’s preparedness for a smallpox outbreak
On Aug. 17, 2003, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced the final results of a smallpox vaccine…
Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial showed men taking finasteride had 25 percent fewer diagnoses of prostate cancer than men taking placebo
On Jul. 17, 2003, the results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) were published in New England…
The FDA announced food labels to include trans fat content
On Jul. 11, 2003, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule in the Federal…
First West Coast Baby born using frozen egg technique at OHSU
On Jul. 10, 2003, the University Fertility Consultants at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced they had…
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The CDC responded to U.S. outbreak of mpox, first human Mpox outside of Africa
On Jul. 8, 2003, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to U.S. outbreak of…
Molecular Probes was acquired by Invitrogen Corp
On Jul. 2, 2003, Invitrogen bought Molecular Probes for $325 million in cash. The company became part of…
The Oregon Investment Fund was established
In Jul. 2003, HB 3613 was passed in the Oregon State Legislature and enacted a mandate for the…
University of Saskatchewan researchers discovered “follicular waves” in the human menstrual cycle
In July 2003, University of Saskatchewan researchers announced they had discovered “follicular waves” in the human menstrual cycle….
Results of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial were announced
On Jun. 24, 2003, results of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT), testing the effectiveness of finasteride to…
NanoString Technologies was incorporated
On Jun. 20, 2003, NanoString Technologies was incorporated in Seattle as a spin-off from the Institute for Systems…
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Genentech drug Xolair (omalizumab) was approved
On Jun. 20, 2003, Genentech drug Xolair (omalizumab) was approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration…
The first nasally administered influenza vaccine (FluMist by MedImmune) was licensed
On Jun. 17, 2003, the first nasally administered influenza vaccine (FluMist by MedImmune) was licensed. This live influenza…
Stanford researchers found Antidepressant helped alleviate compulsive shopping disorder
On Jun. 16, 2003, researchers at Stanford University Medical Center announced they found that a drug commonly prescribed…
Data from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial was announced
On Jun. 5, 2003, data from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial gave fresh insight…
USC sold the operations of the Kenneth Norris Jr Cancer Hospital to Tenet Healthcare
On May 30, 2003, the Attorney General of California consented to the sale of the assets of the…
The world’s first cloned horse was born
On May 28, 2003, the world’s first cloned horse named Prometea was born at the Laboratory of Reproductive…
Amgen relocated its cancer research division to Seattle
On May 22, 2003, Amgen announced it was relocating its cancer research division to Seattle following its acquisition…
The FDA approved the drug bortezomib (Velcade) for the treatment of multiple myeloma
On May 13, 2003, the FDA approved the drug bortezomib (Velcade) for the treatment of multiple myeloma. In…
The first member of the horse family was cloned
On May 4, 2003, University of Idaho-Utah State University researchers became the first in the world to clone…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was published
On May 1, 2003, Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was published, allowing…
Stanford reserchers found that Wnt genes, first discovered as critical genes in cancer, are also critical regulators of stem cell development
On Apr. 27, 2003, Stanford researchers found that Wnt genes, first discovered as critical genes in cancer, are…