On Aug. 11, 2011, Genomeon was established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia by Dr. Harold…
On Jun. 6, 2011, University Hospitals (UH) Seidman Cancer Center, Northeast Ohio’s first and only freestanding cancer hospital,…
On May 20, 2011, Sandia and supercomputer manufacturer Cray Inc. announced they had signed a cooperative research and…
On May 6, 2011, Sandia announced a novel super-resolution microscopy technique that is providing new answers to old…
On May 6, 2011, Sandia announced its researchers had developed a super-resolution microscopy technique that reveals previously unseen…
On Apr. 30, 2011, The University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital opened a new, innovative building for mothers…
On Apr. 21, 2011, Jon M. and Karen Huntsman donated $41 million to cancer research at Huntsman Cancer…
On Feb. 15, 2011, Sanofi-aventis announced it would acquired Genzyme for $74 a share in cash or $21.1…
On Feb. 9, 2011, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) celebrated the official opening of the Ray…
On Feb. 7, 2011, Danaher Corp. announced a merger agreement with Beckman Coulter whereby Danaher acquired Beckman by…
On Jan. 31, 2011, the first international collaboration on Alzheimer’s disease genetics was launched. The International Genomics of…
On Jan. 3, 2011, the Belly Button Biodiversity project was launched to investigate the microbes inhabiting our navels…
In 2011, Precipio was founded in New Haven, Connecticut to build a platform designed to eradicate the problem…
On Nov. 30, 2010, Jane and Lee Seidman have donated $42 million to University Hospitals (UH) – the…
On Oct. 28, 2010, Emergent BioSolutions announced it had completed the acquisition of Seatte-based Trubion Pharmaceutical for upfront…
On Sept. 13, 2010, an international consortium published the largest survey of human genetic variation thus far: a…
On Aug. 25, 2010, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced a $5 million grant from the Walter…
On Jun. 30, 2010, SonoSite acquired VisualSonics, a Toronto-based company focused on ultra high-frequency micro-ultrasound technology, for $67.9…
On May 25, 2010, the consolidated Dorris Neuroscience Center was dedicated at the Scripps Research Institute. Helen Dorris,…
On May 21, 2010, The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, also known as the Cleveland Clinic Lou…
On May 7, 2010, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) biologists and informatics experts announced the Lawrence Livermore Microbial…
On Apr. 29, 2010, Stanford University of researchers announced they had have used a healthy person’s complete genome…
On Apr. 10, 2010, Genentech opened its $400 million manufacturing center in Hillsboro, Oregon. The 75-acre property campus…
On Mar. 5, 2010, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced that it had awarded the Siteman Cancer Center…
On Jan. 29, 2010, Burnham Institute for Medical Research in La Jolla, California, announced a five-year, $50 million…
On Jan. 12, 2010, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to the 7.0 magnitude…
In 2010, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the ‘CDC Vital Signs’ monthly report,…
On Apr. 26, 2000, Jon M. Huntsman, a billionaire industrialist, announced that he would give $125-million to a…
On Oct. 24, 2009, President Barack Obama declared the swine flu (N1n1) outbreak a national emergency. The declaration…
On Oct. 7, 2009, the Nobel Foundation announced that Ada E. Yonath had won a share of the…