On Mar. 5, 1947, ground was broken for the new University of Washington’s Health Sciences Building. The new…
In 1947, Maxine Larisey became the first female professor in the MCSC School of Pharmacy.
In 1947, Joe Hall Morris invented the Bi-Phase External Skeletal Fixation Splint.
In 1947, the first civilian burn unit in the country was established at the Medical College of Virginia…
In 1947, the Southeastern Michigan Division of the American Cancer Society created the Michigan Cancer Foundation to comply…
On Jan. 1, 1947, Jesse P. Greenstein of the NCI summed up 20 years of research in his…
In 1947, the new Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, Georgia, acquires 15 acres from Emory College for a…
In 1947, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Warren K. Lewis by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1947, Sidney Farber finds that a folic acid derivative inhibits acute leukemia. This first antimetabolite leads to…
In 1947, Little-known geneticist Barbara McClintock issued her first report on transposable elements – known today as jumping…
In 1947, The transistor, the invention that marked the dawn of the information age, was invented by John…
In 1947, the Red Cross began performing ABO blood-typing and syphilis testing on each unit of blood.
In 1947, an FAO subcommittee recommends that the FAO become a clearinghouse for information and that it facilitate…
In 1947, the American Association of Blood Banks [AABB] was organized to support and encourage continued blood research,…
In 1947, after almost 10 years of inquiry into the nature of this illness, F.O. MacCallum, a British…
In 1947, a cmbination diphtheria and tetanus toxoids for pediatric use was first licensed in the U.S.
In 1947, the Zika virus was first discovered during research supported by the Rockefeller Foundation to study the…
In 1947, during the seasonal flu epidemic, investigators determined that changes in the antigenic composition of circulating influenza…
In 1947, biochemist Yellapragada SubbaRow co-discovered the first cancer chemotherapy agent for children suffering from acute leukemia. He…
In 1947, Gerty Theresa Cori, nee Radnitz, was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
In 1947, Tyson Foods, based in Arkansas, was founded by John Tyson in 1935 who began the company…
In 1947, the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology (LEO) was founded as a collaborative effort between the city of…
In 1947, the CDC established the Veterinary Public Health Division, focused on protecting and improving both animal and…
In 1947, the CDC was established as a field station under the Chief of the Bureau of State…
In 1947, Velmer A. Fassel, an American chemist who developed the inductively coupled plasma, received in Ph.D. from…
In 1947, Sidney Farber, MD, founded a Children’s Cancer Research Foundation dedicated to providing children with cancer with…
In 1947, Carl Walter, John Merrill and George Thorn perfected the Kolff-Brigham artificial kidney for clinical use.
In 1947, The Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research was founded.
In 1947, Governor Roy J. Turner launched a fund drive that spanned all 77 of Oklahoma’s counties. In…
In 1947, Dr. Jonas Salk was recruited from the University of Michigan by Dr. William S. McEllroy, dean…