The Case Cancer Center was recognized as an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center
In 1998, The Case Cancer Center (Case CCC) was recognized as an National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer…
In 1998, The Case Cancer Center (Case CCC) was recognized as an National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer…
In 1998, the Neurological Sciences Institute (NSI) joined the university as its fifth research unit. NSI researchers conduct…
In 1998, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital’s new state-of-the-art pediatric medical complex was opened. Built with private funding and bond…
In 1998, The Mark O. Hatfield Research Center was dedicated. The center houses a variety of basic and…
In 1998, Hematech was co-founded by University of Massachusetts researcher Jim Robl, relocated to Sioux Falls. Dr. Robl…
On Nov. 10, 1998, Immunex announced that ENBREL(tm) (etanercept) had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug…
In 1998, Immunex dedicated its new manufacturing and development center. The 100,000 square foot complex broke ground in…
On Dec. 15, 1997, scientists from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) announced that Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (lupus)…
On Nov. 26, 1997, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved the Monoclonal antibody…
On Nov. 11, 1997, the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights was adopted unanimously and…
On Nov. 4, 1997, Vice President Al Gore and Senator Mark O. Hatfield attended groundbreaking ceremonies for the…
On Oct. 20, 1997, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed Purified Chick Embryo Cell (PCEC, RabAvert®) vaccine…
On Oct. 9, 1997, Stanford researchers announced that in a series of experiments performed in mice and rats,…
On Aug. 13, 1997, the Stamp Out Breast Cancer Act (PL 105-41) was signed into law by President…
In August 1997, Thomas Brock and undergraduate student Hudson Freeze published their discovery of Thermus aquaticus, which they…
On Jul. 29, 1997, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released information that nuclear testing during the 1950s could…
On Jul. 1, 1997, the operations, employees and obligations of the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals (MCV), formerly…
On April 4, 1997, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended that the vaccine be used more extensively…
On Feb. 13, 1997, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting and Science Innovation…
In August 1997, the U.S. Congress passed legislation that directed the U.S. Postal Service to issue its first…
In 1997, the Biotechnology Association of Alabama (BioAlabama), a non-profit trade association, was formed by biotechnology executives and…
In 1997, cancer stem cells were first identified in acute myelogenous leukemia. They will later be identified in…
In 1997, the Cancer Genome Anatomy Project (CGAP), created by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), is a multi-year…
In 1997, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Chinese scientists found that occupational exposure to benzene is associated…
In 1997, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Modernization Act reauthorized the Prescription Drug User Fee Act…
In 1997, the first Enterovirus 71 (EV71) epidemic was reported in Malaysia. EV71 is an important emerging pathogen…
In 1997, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended adoption of a sequential series of two doses of…
In 1997, FluNet, a global web-based tool for influenza virological surveillance was launched. It is a critical tool…
In 1997, the H5N1 bird flu incident in Hong Kong was the first known instance of a purely…
In 1997, the Arizona BioIndustry Association (ABA), a not-for-profit, 501 (c) 6 trade association, was founded to promote…