In 1996, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found evidence of tobacco smoke exposure in…
Dec. 27, 1995, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved anastrozole (Arimidex) as a treatment for breast…
On Dec. 6, 1995, the U.S. Congress repealed the saccharin notice requirements. The store warning notice requirement was…
On Aug. 1, 1985, Richard D. Klausner became the eleventh director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until…
On Jul. 30, 1995, Peter Karmanos generously gave a large donation to the cancer research, patient care and…
On May 6, 1995, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated an deadly outbreak of…
On Mar. 27, 1995, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter brokered a six-month cease-fire in Sudan to help eradicate…
In 1995, AIDS researcher David D. Ho from the The Rockefeller University unlocked HIV replication that led to…
In 1995, scientists cloned the tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, inherited genetic mutations that can predict an…
In 1995, the first department of bioengineering in the U.S. was established at the University of California, San…
In 1995, Edward B. Lewis, Caltech graduate (Ph.D. 1942) and former faculty member, was awarded the Nobel Prize…
On Dec. 12, 2018, the scientists behind the Horse Genome Project released scientific standards for genetic testing. The…
In 1995, the National Sarcoidosis Society was founded because of a lack of educational awareness information on this…
In 1995, Brigham and Women’s surgeons performed the first triple-organ transplant in the U.S., removing three organs from…
In 1995, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research was founded. The Institute was the research branch of the…
In 1995, researchers led by Dr. Peter St. George-Hyslop at the University of Toronto discovered and cloned two…
In 1995, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) became a public corporation and separated from the Oregon State…
In 1995, Fox Chase Cancer Center became a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an organization…
In 1995, the Huntsman family led by Jon M. Huntsman Sr. and his wife Karen, pledged $100 million…
In 1995, President Bill Clinton proclaimed the first full week of April as National Public Health Week (NPHW)….
In 1995, The Huntsman Cancer Institute, at the University of Utah, is a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center…
On Jan. 1, 1995, Georgia’s Comprehensive Cancer Registry was established. The Registry became gold certified in 2002 following…
In 1995, Hollister-Stier became Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Bayer had acquired Cutter in 1974 and Miles in 1978. Hollister-Stier Laboratories,…
In 1995, Information in National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Physician Data Query (PDQ) database became available on the World…
On Dec. 23, 1994, the FDA announced the approval of the first U.S. HIV test system using oral…
On Oct. 26, 1994, the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) gained designated…
On Oct. 22, 1994, the Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act (AMDUCA) became law permitting veterinarians to prescribe…
On Oct. 7, 1994, a strong candidate for the 17q-linked BRCA1 gene, which influences susceptibility to breast and…
On Sept. 8, 1994, ZymoGenetics dedicated Seattle’s historic Lake Union Steam Plant. The renovated 113,000 s.f. plant doubled…
On Aug. 26, 1994, the plague struck Surat, a city in the state of Gujarat in western India,…