NIH researchers reframed dog-to-human aging comparisons
On Jul. 9, 2020, a study, published in the journal Cell Systems, laid out a new framework for…
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Biology | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
Outdoor light linked with teens’ sleep and mental health
On Jul. 8, 2020, research showed that adolescents who live in areas that have high levels of artificial…
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Biology | Disease | Environmental | NIH
Lung development may explain why some non-smokers get COPD and some heavy smokers do not
On Jun. 9, 2020, people with small airways relative to the size of their lungs may have a…
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Agriculture | Biology | Cardiology | Disease | NIH | Pharmaceutical | U.S. Congress | USDA
NIH released strategic plan to accelerate nutrition research over next 10 years
On May 27, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Nutrition Research Task Force (NRTF), armed with insights…
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Biology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Life Science History | Medicine | Pharmaceutical | Radiology | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress | Vaccine
The US Veterans Affairs established the department’s first history office
On Apr. 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) established the VA History Office (VAHO) to…
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Researcher proved one of Darwin’s theories of evolution 140 years after his death
On Mar. 18, 2020, Laura van Holstein and and Robert A. Foley published “Terrestrial habitats decouple the relationship…
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Bayer advanced more sustainable agricultural solutions utilizing new innovative greenhouses in Marana, Arizona
On Mar. 4, 2020, Bayer announced it had opened what the firm calls its new smart, state-of-the-art, automated…
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microbiota vault Project Established
On Oct. 5, 2018, the rationale around the Microbiome Vault initiative was published in Science. The initiative was…
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Yale professor Joan Steitz awarded the 2018 Lasker~Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science
On Sept. 11, 2018, Joan Steitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale, received the 2018ﾠ…
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World War I Killer Took Almost as Many US Troops’ Lives as Combat
On Aug. 29, 2018, one hundred years ago, there were two major killers in the world: World War…
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Southwestern designated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of Excellence
On Feb. 19, 2018, Southwestern Medical Center announced that it had been certified a Center of Excellence by…
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Scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossils located in the Nuvvuagittuq belt in Quebec
On Mar. 2, 2017, scientists discovered the oldest evidence of life on Earth in fossilized microorganisms that are…
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Human Cell Atlas Initiative launched
On Oct. 13, 2016, the Cell Atlas Initiative was launched at a meeting at The Wellcome Trust in…
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Fords’ $7 million gift initiated renovation of University of Oregon’s Pacific Hall
On Jun. 17, 2016, the University of Oregon (UO) announced that Cheryl and Allyn Ford had made a…
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FDA revised the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels
On May 27, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had amended its labeling regulations for…
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Institute for Systems Biology and Providence Health & Services launched joint research and clinical care
On Mar. 14, 2006, Providence Health & Services and the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) announced an affiliation…
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NASA Study Show Living bacteria riding with earth’s upper air currents
On Jan. 11, 2016, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) research scientist David J. Smith reported finding that…
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MD Anderson immunologist Jim Allison won Lasker-DeBakey Award
On Sept. 8, 2015, MD Anderson Cancer Center announced that Jim Allison, Ph.D., chair of Immunology received the…
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Wei Yang, Ph.D, received the SCBA Presidential Award for her achievements and leadership in structural biology
On May 1, 2015, Wei Yang, Ph.D, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, received the…
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The first-ever World Birth Defects Day was observed
On Mar. 3, 2015, the first-ever World Birth Defects Day was observed with the support of 12 organizations….
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Researchers announced they had sequenced the genomes of all 15 species of Darwin’s finches
On Feb. 11, 2015, researchers announced they had sequenced the genomes of all 15 species of Darwin’s finches,…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biology | Biotechnology | Disease | Marine Science | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
CSHL received $50 million to establish Simons Center for Quantitative Biology
On Jul. 7, 2014, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) announced a $50 million gift from Jim and Marilyn…
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Institute for Applied Life Sciencesﾠ (IALS) was founded
In 2014, the Institute for Applied Life Sciences ﾠ(IALS) was founded at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with…
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Alan Aderem, PhD, became president of Seattle BioMed – only the second in its more than 35-year history
On Jan. 1, 2012 Alan Aderem, Ph.D., became president of Seattle BioMed, now known as Center for Infectious…
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National Breastfeeding Month was established
On Aug. 6, 2011, the United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) officially declared that August is National Breastfeeding Month….
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The Danforth Foundation’s made final gift of $70 million to the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
On Jan. 12, 2011, The Danforth Foundation’s made a final gift of $70 million to the Donald Danforth…
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Biology | Biotechnology | Energy | Environmental | EPA | Neurology | NIH
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) responded to the Deepwater Horizon containment and cleanup
On May 28, 2010, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request for a…
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Researchers described successful construction of the first self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell
On May 20, 2010, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Maryland published results describing the successful…
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David Suzuki received the Right Livelihood Award for his climate change activism
On Oct. 13, 2009, environmentalist and former genetics professor David Suzuki received the Right Livelihood Award for his…
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BJC Institute of Health at Washington University established to house the Center for Cancer Biology
On Oct. 30, 2007, the Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJC) Institute of Health at Washington University was established, to house…
