Abbott received FDA clearance for first commercially available lab-based blood test to help evaluate concussion
On Mar. 7, 2023, Abbott announced that it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for what…
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Researchers developed COVID-19 severity screening method based on the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR spectrometer
On Aug. 19, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced that researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Imaging | Therapeutics
FDA Approved Expanded BOTOX® Label to Include Eight New Muscles to Treat Adults with Upper Limb Spasticity
On Jul. 29, 2021, BOTOX(R) Allergan, an AbbVie company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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Yale PET Center received $102 million BRAIN Initiative grant to build new scanner
On Oct. 2, 2020, Yale scientists will build the next-generation human brain PET scanner, the NeuroeXplorer (NX), to…
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Computer-designed proteins may protect against coronavirus
On Sept. 29, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that researchers had designed ”miniproteins’ that bound…
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Biology | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Imaging | Neurology | NIH | Women's Health
NIH study showed highly reproducible sex differences in aspects of human brain anatomy
On Jul. 20, 2020, a scientific analysis of more than 2,000 brain scans found evidence for highly reproducible…
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Biotechnology | Cardiology | COVID-19 | FDA | Imaging | Infectious Disease
Philips received FDA clearance for use of ultrasound portfolio to manage COVID-19-related lung and cardiac complications
On May 13, 2020, Royal Philips announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug…
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GW Hospital used VR technology to see into COVID-19 patient’s lungs
On Apr. 2, 2020, George Washington University Hospital announced it had used Virtual Reality technology to see into…
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High-speed microscope captured fleeting brain signals
On Mar. 19, 2020, University of California, Berkeley, investigators have now built such a camera: a microscope that…
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Donna Strickland won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventions in the field of laser physics
On Oct. 2, 2018, The Nobel Foundation announced that Donna Strickland had was awarded a share of the…
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Complete fly brain imaged at nanoscale resolution
On Jul. 19, 2018, scientists at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced detailed imaging of the entire brain…
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Physio-Control was acquired by Stryker for for $1.28 Billion
On Apr. 5, 2016, Physio-Control was acquired by Michigan-based Stryker Corp. which acquired 100% of the stock of…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Imaging | Medical Device | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
OHSU and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory team up to accelerate biomedical discovery
On May 6, 2015, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU and the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National…
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David H Murdock announced endowment for DHMRI
On Sept. 30, 2014, Dole Food chairman and owner David Murdock announced he wants to take his vision…
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UC-Berkeley neuroscientists first used NMR to elucidate mental images
On Sept. 22, 2011, University of California, Berkeley neuroscientists, led by Jack Gallant, used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging…
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SonoSite acquired VisualSonics for $67.9 million
On Jun. 30, 2010, SonoSite announced that it completed its acquisition of privately held VisualSonics, a Toronto-based company…
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Ada Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mapping the structure of ribosomes using X-ray crystallography
On Oct. 7, 2009, Ada Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ‘for mapping the structure of ribosomes…
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Sonus Pharmaceuticals was acquired by OncoGenex
On Aug. 20, 2008, Sonus Pharmaceuticals was acquired by OncoGenex Technologies in a reverse merger transaction worth $10.36…
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The Priestley Medal was awarded to George M. Whitesides
On Mar. 14, 2007, the Priestley Medal was awarded to George M. Whitesides by the American Chemical Society…
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Diagnostics | Imaging | Medical Device | Neurology | Oncology | Radiology
UW Medical Center first in nation to install next-generation PET/CT scanner
On Jan. 13, 2006, the University of Washington (UW) Medical Center became the first hospital in the country…
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Stanley B. Prusiner awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine
On Oct. 6, 1997, Stanley B. Prusiner, MD, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine ‘for his discovery…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Imaging | Medicine | Neurology | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Oncology | Therapeutics
Mayo Clinic in Arizona Launched
On Jun. 29, 1987, a crew of just 47 physicians and 225 allied health employees rallied to formally…
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Prions Identified that that cause Brain Disease
On Apr. 9, 1982, Stanley Prusiner, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), published a paper in…
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Biology | CDC | Chemistry | Environmental | EPA | Imaging | Nanotechnology
The CDC assisted in the study of health effects related to the Mount St Helens volcanic eruption
On May 30, 1980, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report of health…
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first Magnetic resonance imaging of human
On Jul. 3, 1977, Dr. Raymond Damadian achieved the first human nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) image — a cross-section…
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Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown in record setting time
On Jun. 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths and a time of 2:24 flat,…
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Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes in record setting time
On May 19, 1973 Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes in a record setting time of 1:53, a stakes…
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Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in record setting time
On May 5, 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in a record setting time of 1:59 2/5, a…
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PET scan pioneered at Mass General
In 1970, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers in the Physics Research Laboratory, under Dr. Gordon Brownell, utilized 2D…
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Energy | Imaging | Life Science History | Medical Device | Non-Profit Research | Radiology | U.S. Congress
Sandia National Laboratories was Established
On Jul. 12, 1945, the Sandia site began as Z Division, the ordnance design, testing, and assembly arm…
