On Dec. 26, 2013, a 2-year-old boy in the remote Guinean village of Meliandou fell ill with a…
On Dec. 20, 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published guidance for HBV protection…
On Oct. 30, 2013, the Karmanos Cancer Institute and McLaren Health Care signed an agreement that created the…
On Oct. 24, 2013, the University of Iowa (IA) announced a second $10 million gift commitment from Jerre…
On Oct. 23, 2013, the Mayo Clinic announced that Robert and Patricia Kern have given $100 million to…
On Sept. 18, 2013, it was reported a parasite that infects up to one-third of people around the…
On Aug. 6, 2013, Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute (PNDRI) received a $2 million National Institutes of Health…
On Jul. 12, 2013. the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center (MCC) was joined by national, state and…
On Jun. 28, 2013, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate…
On Jun. 25, 2013, NanoString Technologies launched an initial public offering at $10.00 per share and raised $54…
On Jun. 7, 2013, the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved renaming the UNMC Eppley Cancer Center…
On Apr. 25, 2013, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) announced a comprehensive six-year plan, the first plan…
On Apr. 13, 2003, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced the completion of the Human Genome Project…
On Apr. 2, 2013, President Obama announced the launch of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN)…
On Feb. 22, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced they had approved Genentech’s licensed ado-trastuzumab…
In Feb. 2013, the Center for Personalized Diagnostics (CPD) was established at UPenn for researching genomic and therapeutic…
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, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated its Emergency Operations Center to investigate…
On Dec. 12, 2012, deCODE genetics announced an agreement whereby Amgen acquired deCODE Genetics, a global leader in…
On Nov. 8, 2012, Atossa Genetics, the Breast Health Company completed its IPO with gross proceeds of $4…
On Sept. 28, 2012, the Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic opened at Yale Cancer Center providing — the first…
On Sept. 19, 2012, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland announced that it had received a…
On Jul. 12, 2012 the University of Kansas Cancer Center earned National Cancer Institute designation. Through efforts initially…
On Jun. 13, 2012, in a project led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig,…
On Jun. 13, 2012, the Human Microbiome Project announced the completion of a seminal study of microbial diversity….
ON May 16, 2012, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution (S. Res. 286) recognizing May 16, 2012,…
On Apr. 30, 2012, Hologic announced the acquisition of San Diego-based Gen-Probe, a molecular diagnostics company, for $3.7…
On Apr. 30, 2012, “Treatment Outcomes in Black and White Children With Cancer: Results From the SEER Database…
On Apr. 24, 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed…