The Chikungunya virus was first recognized and isolated in southern Tanzania
In 1952, the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was first recognized and isolated from Makonde Plateau in southern Tanzania. Chikungunya…
In 1952, the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was first recognized and isolated from Makonde Plateau in southern Tanzania. Chikungunya…
In 1952, the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS) was created by World Health Organization (WHO) to…
In 1952, the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) was founded. Today, LA BioMed is a 501(c)3…
In 1952, Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, 501(c)3 independent non-profit biomedical research organization, was founded.
In 1952, Dr.Wilfred Bigelow used induced hypothermia to perform the first open-heart operation on a human.
In 1952, Dr. Jonas Salk and his team found monkey kidney tissue to be the most fertile environment…
In 1952, the first The Medical College of Virginia Ph.D. degree was awarded. (Pharmacology).
On Oct. 26, 1951, the Durham-Humphrey Amendment, also known as the Prescription Drug Amendment, was signed into law…
On Sept. 26, 1951, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Epidemic Intelligence Service…
On Sept. 23, 1951, the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) was established in Rome during the first…
On Jun. 1, 1951, the Ben May Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Chicago opened its…
On Apr. 9, 1951, world boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson defended his crown in Oklahoma City by knocking…
In 1951, Dr. Herman Branson co-authored a paper alongside Linus Pauling and Robert Corey, detailing the structure of…
On Feb. 8, 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a tobacco farmer from Virginia died from cervical cancer, and a scientist…
From 1951 to 1976, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) treated some of the state’s sickest children, most…
In 1951, researchers Christopher Polge and Lionel Edward Aston Rowson, who worked at the Animal Research Center in…
In 1951, the Priestley Medal was awarded to E. J. Crane by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1951, Chester Emmons from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases first pointed out reservoirs of…
In 1951, the FDA approved the use of antibiotics on animals. In 1943, farmers in the U.S. found…
In 1951, Joshua Lederberg began studying for a doctor of medicine degree at Columbia College and working in…
In 1951, the Stanford Research Park was created in response to the demand for industrial land near university…
In 1951, McLean Hospital researchers discovered brain proteolipids, molecules necessary for brain structure and function. This provided greater…
In 1951, Lewis L. Coriell whose history in polio research began during his residency at Children’s Hospital of…
In 1951, Dr. Jonas Salk and his team began using Dr. John F. Enders’ methods to grow poliovirus,…
In 1951, The Medical College of Virginia School of Medical Technology was organized.
On Dec. 17, 1950, five thousand Oklahomans attended an Open House for a newly dedicated OMRF research building….
On May 27, 1950, Washington University physician Evarts A. Graham, MD, and medical student Ernst Wynder published a…
On May 22, 1950, a federal judge announces prison sentences for William Ferguson, the inventor and Mary Stanakis…
In 1950, Drs. Edward C. Kendall and Philip S. Hench at the Mayo Clinic, along with Tadeus Reichstein,…
In 1939, the Billings group devised a plan to bring in physicians as partners to the practice, and…