BC Centre for Disease Control was founded
In 1997, the Univerity of British Columbia (UBC) approved an agreement with the BC Centre for Disease Control…
In 1997, the Univerity of British Columbia (UBC) approved an agreement with the BC Centre for Disease Control…
In 1997, the the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) gained NCI designated…
In 1998, Alfred Mann gave $112.5 million to establish the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Institute…
In 1997, the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA), the largest nonprofit [501(c)3] organization working to support people with fibromyalgia…
In 1997, the University of Colorado Cancer Center (CU) at the Anschutz Medical Campus received National Cancer Institute…
In 1997, Arthur L. Horwich, M.D. and colleagues revealed the atomic structure of a molecular protein-folding machine that…
In 1997, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a group that became the National…
In 1997, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University received its National Cance Institute ‘comprehensive’…
In 1997, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research broke ground in Kansas City, MO. The Institute was founded…
In 1997, a mouse model of promyelocytic leukemia was developed by Washington University – St. Louis researcher Timothy…
In 1997, Bristol-Myers Squibb opened a 433-acre research campus in Hopewell, New Jersey. Two important new medicines co-developed…
In 1997, planning began for Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Center for Women’s Health, and an interim…
In 1997, the Oregon Cancer Center was established with a grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of…
In 1997, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that the institute achieved National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation,…
In 1997, anesthesiologist Joanne Conroy, M.D. became the first woman appointed as head of the University of South…
In 1997, the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBR) was established in Houston through a NASA Cooperative Agreement….
In 1997, the Huntsman Cancer Institute received National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) designation. In 1995, the Center earned…
In 1997, Dr. Leland Hartwell became the new President and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center….
In 1997, The Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement would be…
On Dec. 30, 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had licensed three DTaP vaccines for…
On Nov. 15, 1996, for the first time, scientists pinpointed the location of a gene they believe is…
On Oct. 25, 1996, the first gene therapy trial for patients with Hunter syndrome was begun at the…
On Oct. 2, 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a combined Hib conjugate and hepatitis B…
On Jul. 31, 1996, the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (Tripedia by Aventis Pasteur)…
On Apr. 12, 1996, Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals announced an initial public offering of 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock…
On Mar. 15, 1996, Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) corn, was first introduced by Monsanto and adopted in the United…
On Jan. 29, 1996, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Carol M. Browner took the last steps concluding a…
In January 1996, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved anastrozole (Arimidex) as a treatment for breast…
On Jan. 2, 1996, Stanford Medicine researchers announced they had discovered that the p53 protein, known to be…
In 1996, the first genetically engineered crop was commercialized. The first genetically modified plant was produced a short…