Women’s Health Initiative data showed women who take estrogen with hormone progestin have greater risk of developing breast cancer
In 2004, data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study show that women who take estrogen in combination…
In 2004, data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study show that women who take estrogen in combination…
In 2004, the University of Georgia Cancer Center was established, specializing in drug targets, diagnostic tests, cancer vaccines,…
In 2004, The Broad Institute was launched with a $100 million gift from Eli and Edythe Broad. Discussions…
On Nov. 19, 2003, a novel approach to treatment of solid cancers involved therapeutic agents that inhibit the…
On Oct. 21, 2003, scientists at Oregon Health Sciences University’s (OHSU) Casey Eye Institute announced they had found…
On Oct. 9, 2003, a Canadian-led international clinical trial found that post-menopausal survivors of early-stage breast cancer who…
On Oct. 9, 2003, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced the establishment of a major science center in…
On Oct. 6, 2003, American chemist Paul Lauterbur and British physicist Peter Mansfield made pioneering contributions during the…
On Sept. 16, 2003, The Allen Institute for Brain Science, a division of the Allen Institute, was established…
On Sept. 3, 2003, the death rates from the four most common cancers, – lung, breast, prostate, and…
On Aug. 17, 2003, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced the final results of a smallpox vaccine…
On Jul. 8, 2003, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to U.S. outbreak of…
On Jul. 2, 2003, Invitrogen bought Molecular Probes for $325 million in cash. The company became part of…
In Jul. 2003, HB 3613 was passed in the Oregon State Legislature and enacted a mandate for the…
In July 2003, University of Saskatchewan researchers announced they had discovered “follicular waves” in the human menstrual cycle….
On Jun. 20, 2003, NanoString Technologies was incorporated in Seattle as a spin-off from the Institute for Systems…
On Jun. 5, 2003, data from the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial gave fresh insight…
On May 30, 2003, the Attorney General of California consented to the sale of the assets of the…
On Apr. 27, 2003, Stanford researchers found that Wnt genes, first discovered as critical genes in cancer, are…
On Apr. 23, 2003, Dr. Vincent Poitout at the Pacific Northwest Research Foundation (PNRF) won the Thomas R….
On Apr. 15, 2003, the National Heart Lung Blood Institute (NHLB) announced a $37 million trial, coordinated by…
On Apr. 14, 2003, researchers at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Science Centre in Vancouver announced they had sequenced…
On Apr. 14, 2003, The International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, led in the U.S. the National Human Genome…
On Apr. 2, 2003, the Virginia Mason Research Center, located in Seattle, was renamed Benaroya Research Institute at…
On Mar. 18, 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was placed on U.S. quarantine list. Persons under quarantine…
On Mar. 4, 2003, Beth Israel Deaconess researchers pinpointed the source of preeclampsia, a life-threatening complication of pregnancy….
On Mar. 6, 2003, the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO), announced they…
At t he end of February 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)…
In 2003, The Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB) was founded as an Army-sponsored University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)….
In 2003, the Medical University of South Carolina and Clemson University established a joint Bioengineering Program. Located on…