On Jun. 16, 1998, University of Washington Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and Seattle Children’s announced the…
On Feb. 10, 1998, the Cook County Board of Commissioners took the final steps in the approval process,…
In 1998, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Dale proclaimed November “National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month” in Chicago. The National Sarcoidosis…
In 1998, the Cystic Fibrosis Research Center was founded at University of Iowa’s College of Medicine. Today, the…
In 1998, the Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act (MQSA) was passed by the U.S. Congress and continued the…
In 1998, the Pediatric Rule was implemented that required drug manufacturers to study the efficacy and safety of…
In 1998, Beth Israel Deaconess surgeon Dr. Roger Jenkins performed the first successful live donor liver transplantation (LADLT)…
In 1998, Tamoxifen, created with the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line established by Karmanos, was revealed to reduce…
In 1998, the Neurological Sciences Institute (NSI) joined the university as its fifth research unit. NSI researchers conduct…
In 1998, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital’s new state-of-the-art pediatric medical complex was opened. Built with private funding and bond…
In 1998, The Mark O. Hatfield Research Center was dedicated. The center houses a variety of basic and…
In 1998, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that an estimated 47.2 million adults (24.1%),…
On Nov. 26, 1997, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved the Monoclonal antibody…
On Nov. 4, 1997, Vice President Al Gore and Senator Mark O. Hatfield attended groundbreaking ceremonies for the…
On Jul. 29, 1997, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released information that nuclear testing during the 1950s could…
On Feb. 13, 1997, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting and Science Innovation…
In 1997, cancer stem cells were first identified in acute myelogenous leukemia. They will later be identified in…
In 1997, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Chinese scientists found that occupational exposure to benzene is associated…
In 1998, Alfred Mann gave $112.5 million to establish the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Institute…
In 1997, the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA), the largest nonprofit [501(c)3] organization working to support people with fibromyalgia…
In 1997, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a group that became the National…
In 1997, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University received its National Cance Institute ‘comprehensive’…
In 1997, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research broke ground in Kansas City, MO. The Institute was founded…
In 1997, Bristol-Myers Squibb opened a 433-acre research campus in Hopewell, New Jersey. Two important new medicines co-developed…
In 1997, anesthesiologist Joanne Conroy, M.D. became the first woman appointed as head of the University of South…
In 1997, the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBR) was established in Houston through a NASA Cooperative Agreement….
In 1997, IsoRay was founded in Richland as a spin-off from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to…
In 1997, The Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement would be…
Dec. 5, 1996, marked the first time that all home buyers and tenants have the right to know…
On Nov. 15, 1996, for the first time, scientists pinpointed the location of a gene they believe is…