In Jun. 7, 2013, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved changing the name of the UNMC…
On May 22, 2013, Canadian and Swedish scientists released genome sequences of two of the most economically important…
On May 17, 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the yellow fever ‘booster’ vaccination given ten…
On May 14, 2013, a University of Washington led team announced that DNA analysis had unearthed the origins…
On May 8, 2013, a research team from Texas A&M, led by Drs. Christopher Seabury and Ian Tizard…
On May 8, 2013, was the first World Ovarian Cancer Day. On this day, ovarian cancer organizations from…
On Apr. 25, 2013, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced a comprehensive six-year plan, the first plan…
On Apr. 17, 2013, an international team of researchers has decoded the genome of a creature whose evolutionary…
On Apr. 13, 2003, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced the completion of the Human Genome Project…
On Apr. 3, 2013, scientists announced they had decoded the genome of the western painted turtle, one of…
On Apr. 2, 2013, President Obama announced the launch of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN)…
On Mar. 27, 2013, researchers at the University of British Columbia and Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre,…
On Mar. 26, 2013, GlaxoSmithKline and the Texas A&M University System announced that the U.S. Department of Health…
On Mar. 25, 2013, for the first time, the complete genomes of three separate populations of aye-ayes —…
On Mar. 16, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented the first inventor to file (FITF)…
On Feb. 22, 2013, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that unvaccinated pregnant women receive a…
On Feb. 22, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced they had licensed ado-trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla)…
On Feb. 7, 2023, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ tissue library announced they…
In Feb. 2013, the Center for Personalized Diagnostics (CPD) was established at UPenn for researching genomic and therapeutic…
On Jan. 17, 2013, E Dunn Construction announced it had topped out the OHSU/OUS Collaborative Life Sciences Building…
On Jan. 4, 2013, Sanford Health announced the acquisition of Sioux Falls-based biotech company Hematech, a subsidiary of…
In 2013, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders merged three of the…
In 2013, Harvard Medical School researchers announced they had discovered that GDF-11 reverses cardiac hypertrophy, or thickening of…
On Dec. 14, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved GlaxoSmithKline’s quadrivalent formulation…
On Dec. 12, 2012, deCODE genetics announced an agreement whereby Amgen acquired deCODE Genetics, a global leader in…
On Nov. 28, 2012, scientists from the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), as part of an international team,…
On Nov. 20, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved first seasonal influenza…
On Nov. 15, 2012, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to the fungal meningitis…
On Nov. 8, 2012, Atossa Genetics, the Breast Health Company completed its IPO with gross proceeds of $4…
On Oct. 24, 2012, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) voted 14-0 with one abstention to recommend that…