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In 1983, at the 22nd session of the FAO, germplasm becomes a political football when, led by the…
In 1983, at the 22nd session of the FAO, germplasm becomes a political football when, led by the…
On Jun. 15, 1981, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sponsored a conference in Bethesda, MD, on Kaposi’s Sarcoma…
On Jun. 5, 1981, Pneumocystis Pneumonia, Los Angeles, by Dr. Michael Gottlieb and colleagues of University of California…
In May 1981, Applied Biosystems was founded by Hewlett Packard engineers Sam Eletr, their first CEO, and Andre…
In 1981, Simian acquired immune deficiency syndrome (simian AIDS) was identified in macaques in two of National Institutes…
In 1981, at the 21st session of the FAO Conference in Rome, genetic resource conservation becomes an internationally…
In 1981, Synthetech was founded in Albany as a fine chemicals company specializing in organic synthesis, biocatalysis and…
In 1980, Sarepta Therapeutics was founded originally as AVI BioPharma. It became a leader in the development and…
In 1979, the most frequently mutated gene in human cancer, p53, was identified by six groups of researchers…
In 1978, metastatic cells were shown to arise from pre-existing subpopulations of cells in primary tumors.
In 1978, Boston Children’s researcher Stuart Orkin and his team developed a new DNA sequencing technique for prenatal…
In December 1977, Tamoxifen (Nolvadex, Soltamox) was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in…
In 1977, St.ï¾ Jude Children’s Research Hospital received National Cancer Institute designation. St.ï¾ Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened it’s…
In 1975, Georges Kohler and Cesar Milstein, showed how monoclonal antibodies can be generated by isolating individual fused…
In Jul. 1974, In the Division of Pharmaceutical Service at the University of Iowa began producing cGMP compliant…
In 1974, The National Cancer Institute chose the Pacific Health Research Institute (PHRI) to undertake the ‘Breast Cancer…
In 1971, Jane Wright became the first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society….
On Jul. 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, American astronauts, made history by becoming the first men…
In 1969, Max Delbruck of the California Institute of Technology was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology…
In 1969, Alfred Hershey received the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his discovery that DNA is the molecule…
In 1966, a group of St. Jude patients were the first acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients to ever…
On Feb. 4, 1962, St.ï¾ Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened it’s doors.This was the day that Danny Thomas…
In 1962, the first paper on ‘cytochrome P450’ (P450) was published. It reported the hemoprotein nature of ‘microsomal…
On Jan. 17, 1961, a measles vaccine reported effective In 1963, Pfizer introduced a deactivated measles vaccine, and…
On Aug. 25, 1959, the National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress as a Presidential…
On Jul. 29, 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, leading to the birth…
In 1958, Arvid Carlsson discovered that levodopa (L-Dopa) was effective in treating the symptoms of Parkinsonism. a treatment…
In Feb. 1957, a new influenza A (H2N2) virus emerged in East Asia, triggering a pandemic (‘Asian Flu’)….
In 1956, the Virginia Mason Research Center, now known as Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI), located…
On Feb. 8, 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a tobacco farmer from Virginia died from cervical cancer, and a scientist…