In 1996, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Johns Hopkins University received National Cancer Institutes (NCI). The…
In 1996, the first genetically engineered mouse model showing amyloid plaques and dysfunctional learning and memory found in…
On Dec. 29, 1995, the Genentech drug Nutropin AQ ((somatropin) injection for subcutaneous use) was approved by the…
On Dec. 9, 1995, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved tretinoin, a differentiating agent related to…
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…
In 1995, Information in National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Physician Data Query (PDQ) database became available on the World…
In 1995, Gene therapy, immune-system modulation and recombinantly produced antibodies enter the clinic in the war against cancer….
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, President Bill Clinton proclaimed the first full week of April as National Public Health Week (NPHW)….
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…
On Oct. 7, 1994, a strong candidate for the 17q-linked BRCA1 gene, which influences susceptibility to breast and…
In 1994, the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders listed four subcategories within…
In 1994, the National Laboratory for the Study of Rural Telemedicine was established at the University of Iowa…
In 1994, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research was founded by Jim and Virginia Stowers with a $500…
In 1994, National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) founded with support from Senator Pete Domenici as an independent…
In 1994, Albert Einstein College of Medicine becomes the only New York City medical school selected by the…
In 1994, the Medical Research Foundation (MRF) became an affiliate committee of the Oregon Health & Science University…
In 1994, Omeros Corp. was founded in Seattle as a biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing and commercializing…
On Dec. 30, 1993, the Genentech drug Pulmozyme (dornase alfa) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug…
On Sept. 18, 1993, Dr. Judes Poirier discovered that apolipoprotein E was a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s…
On Jul. 23, 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Bayer’s Betaseron, the first of several…
On Jul. 23, 1993, Chiron and Berlex Laboratories announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had…
On Jul. 22, 1993, revising a policy from 1977 that excluded women of childbearing potential from early drug…
On Apr. 14, 1993, the Earl Davie/ZymoGenetics Endowed Chair of Biochemistry at the University of Washington was established…
In 1993, the John and Mary Pappajohn Clinical Cancer Center opened for service after receiving a generous $25…
In 1978, molecular biologist Lydia Villa-Komaroff authored a paper demonstrating that bacteria could produce insulin. Lydia’s research helped make…