On Feb. 27, 1992, Dr. Robert Adams and Dr. Virgil C. McKie of the Medical College of Georgia…
In 1992, DNA evidence was used to identify Josef Mengele from skeletal remains. Bone DNA analysis was therefore…
In 1992, the Oregon Health Science University (OHSU) School of Nursing building opened its doors. The building, located…
In 1992, the Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET) building opened on the Oregon Health…
In 1992, the Oregon Cancer Center, later known as the OHSU Cancer Institute, was founded at Oregon Health…
In 1991, the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) comprehensive center designation. The…
In 1991, the University of Alaska is home to the Alaska Frozen Tissue Collection (AFTC) was founded as…
In 1991, Life Sciences BC, a non-profit industry association (LBC) formerly known as BC Biotech, was founded. The…
In 1991, Livermore Forensic Science Center was established to provide a comprehensive approach to forensic analyses of samples….
In 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began developing a national strategic plan for…
In 1991, Stoddard Cancer Center, now part of UnityPoint Health, opened at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. In 1990,…
In 1991, The Northwestern University Cancer Center was dedicated through an endowment gift from Ann and Robert H….
In 1991, the world’s first superconducting cyclotron built to treat cancer was installed at the Gershenson Radiation Oncology…
In 1991, the Radiation Oncology Center opened the St. Louis area’s first 3-D treatment planning center, using a…
In 1991, the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey was established at Rutgers, the State University of New…
In 1991, the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center was founded. Simmons Cancer Center is built on a…
In 1991, The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at San Antonio launched its Institute for Drug Development…
In 1991, the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), was…
On Oct. 22, 1990, scientists from Stanford University led by Arthur Kornberg announced they had discovered a chemical…
On Oct. 1, 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project (HGP), a 13-year effort coordinated by the U.S. Department…
On Sept. 20, 1990, results from the first chemoprevention trial to show efficacy (vitamin A analogue against mouth…
On Sept. 15, 1990, The Human Gene Mapping database was established at Johns Hopkins University. The database provides…
In 1990, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported viral causes of gastroenteritis, helping identify…
In 1990, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) developed guidelines for Telecommunications Systems for Surveillance,…
In 1990, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a large outbreak of of nosocomial…
In 1990, the Safe Water System (SWS) was developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
In 1990, The Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research (WICGR) was founded. The institute soon became an international…
In 1990, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) established a Human Genome Center at Washington University School of…
In 1990, Washington University – St. Louis researcher Stanley J. Korsmeyer, MD co-discovered the gene ‘bcl-2’, a pivotal…
In 1990, the Cancer Center of Wake Forest University (CCCWFU) in Winston-Salem received National Cancer Institute (NCI) comprehensive…