In 1977, the multiple research programs that had developed were formally drawn together into the Research Institute of…
In 1977, Charles C. Edwards, formerly the nation’s top government health official, was named president and CEO of…
In 1977, Stanford Research Institute changed its name to SRI International. Stanford Research Institute, now known as the…
In 1977, the original Naval Medical Center tower was designated a historical landmark and entered into the Registry…
In 1977, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) isolated Legionella pneumophila, which caused a deadly…
In 1977, Schering-Plough Animal Health introduced AR-Pac vaccines for swine. For years, Iowa State University veterinary medicine researchers…
In 1977, Eugene Goldwasser published Purification of Human Erythropoietin (EPO) in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Goldwasser spent…
In 1977, Dana-Farber (DF) received National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center designation one of the first in…
In 1977, Harvard Medical School researcher Stephen C. Harrison first determined the structure of an intact virus particle,…
In 1977, the Lineberger Foundation pledged $1 million to a building fund for a new cancer research center…
In 1977, Dr. Henry Friesen of McGill University discovered the hormone prolactin and defined its role as a…
In 1977, St.ï¾ Jude Children’s Research Hospital received National Cancer Institute designation. St.ï¾ Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened it’s…
In 1977, Ilya Prigogine from the University of Texas at Austin was awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize “for…
On Oct. 13, 1976, the swine flu vaccination program in the U.S. was suspended following reports of paralysis. …
On Oct. 13, 1976, the Ebola virus was first identified in Sudan and Zaire (now Democratic Republic of…
On Jul. 7, 1976 , the La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, now the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery…
On Apr. 22, 1976, the U.S. Congress passed the Vitamin-Mineral Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic…
On Apr. 7, 1976, Genentech was founded by venture capitalist Robert Swanson and biochemist Dr. Herbert Boyer. In…
In 1976, the Priestley Medal was awarded to George S. Hammond by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
On Apr. 1, 1976, physician and scientist C. Ronald Kahn from Harvard University announced he had discovered alterations…
On Mar. 26, 1976, the Issaquah Group for Health and Environmental Research (Center for Infectious Disease Research) was…
In 1976, Influenza A/Victoria-like strains had been identified in New Jersey as early as January 21. The novel…
In 1976, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Jonsson Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) “comprehensive…
In 1976, Drs. J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus of the University of California, San Francisco demonstrated…
In 1976, the American Liver Foundation (ALF) was created as a 501(c)3 nonprofit by the American Association for…
In 1976, interleukin-2 was discovered and purified which allowed researchers to grow T-cells and study their immunology, which…
In 1976, The U.S. Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) which provided the U.S. Environmental Protection…
In 1976, the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Information Service (CIS) began operation. Launched in Connecticut in 1976,…
In 1976, the U.S. Congress passed the Medical Device Amendments to ensure safety and effectiveness of medical devices,…
In 1976, because of evidence of increased vaccine efficacy at older ages, the recommended age for vaccination was…