Gerald Maurice Edelman was awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine
In October 1972, Gerald Maurice Edelman (M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1954) was was awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize…
In October 1972, Gerald Maurice Edelman (M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1954) was was awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize…
In 1972, Cook County Hospital became the first hospital to use an all frozen blood banking system. This…
On Dec. 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon converted the Army’s former biological warfare facilities at Ft. Detrick,…
On Dec. 23, 1971, the National Cancer Act enacted by President Richard Nixon as part of the nation’s…
On Sept. 29, 1971, the artificial sweetener saccharin, included in FDA’s original GRAS list, was removed from the…
On Jun. 3, 1971, the MCSC School of Dental Medicine graduated its first class. Dr. Cathy Moss was…
On May 17, 1971, The Public Health Service’s Bureau of Radiological Health was transferred to the FDA.
On May 1, 1971, the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, more commonly known…
On Apr. 22, 1971, Combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR by Merck) as well as combined measles…
In 1971, the American Chemical Society announced the Priestley Medal was awarded to Frederick D. Rossini by the…
On Feb 8, 1971, the NASDAQ Stock Market was founded as the world’s first electronic stock market by…
On Jan. 20, 1971, the Institute of Medicine, now the the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), began operations….
On Jan. 6, 1971, research scientists at the University of California Medical Center announced they had synthesized the…
In 1971, the Food and Drug Administration approved using naloxone to treat overdoses. Naloxone is also referred to…
In 1971, Jane Wright became the first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society….
In 1971, Stanford Medicine hosted the first multicenter trial to demonstrate that lowering cholesterol levels prevents heart disease.
In 1971, Paul Berg of Stanford University spliced the DNA of viruses into the first recombinant molecules. Bergメs…
In 1971, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution was established is one of the world’s leading non-profit oceanographic research…
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended discontinuation of routine immunization and vaccination…
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated lead exposure in El Paso, Texas,…
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered that hepatitis B is sexually transmitted….
In 1971, University of Iowa dental researcher George Andreasen invented the nickel and titanium-alloy archwire, a flexible orthodontic…
In 1971, Squibb established worldwide headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey. It also expanded facilities for the Squibb Institute…
In 1971, The University of New Mexico Cancer Center was established by the state’s Legislature. Today, the Cancer…
In 1971, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) was one of the first cancer centers in the U.S. to…
In 1971, The Albert E instein Cancer Center (AECC) was established. The goals of AECC are to foster…
In 1971, The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research was established by American businessman Daniel K. Ludwig to support…
In 1971, the South Carolina State University agricultural program was terminated and the college farm was transformed into…
In 1971, Dr. Earl Sutherland of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
In 1971, The MD Anderson Cancer Center became one of the nation’s first NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers. Today,…