In 1973, Bristol-Myers introduced several early medicines, beginning with BLENOXANE (bleomycin sulfate) for squamous cell cancers, head and…
In 1973, American scientists Michael E. Phelps and Edward J. Hoffman developed position emission tomography (PET) scans, a…
In 1973, the Ohio State University Cancer Center (OSUCCC) was established in Columbus. The patient care arm of…
In 1973, the Norris Cancer Center was designated a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of…
In 1973, Oregon University Hospital was created through the merger of Multnomah County Hospital, Medical School Hospital and…
In 1973, Penn Medicine’s Cancer Center was formally established by a dedicated group of cancer specialists committed to…
In 1973, Stanford Medicine researchers demonstrated the first expression of a foreign gene implanted in bacteria by recombinant…
In 1973, Stephen C. Jacobsen at University of Utah, developed the Utah Artificial Arm in 1973, the world’s…
In 1973, The National surveillance of Reye syndrome began in 1973 when the Center for Disease Control and…
In 1973, the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center received National Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer…
In 1973, the Office of Biosafety, now known as the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) was established at…
In 1973, the University of California, San Diego Regional Burn Center opened, serving San Diego and Imperial counties….
In 1973, Dr. Boone Chunprapah at the Cook County Hospital I Chicago became the first doctor to successfully…
In 1973, the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, now the University of Southern California Kenneth Norris Jr. Cancer Center…
In 1973, UChicago established the University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center (UCCCC), receiving its initial designation as a…
In 1973, clinicians at the Boston Hospital for Women, now part of Brigham and Womenﾒs, developed noninvasive fetal…
In 1973, The Johns Hopkins Cancer Center, now known as the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCCC) was founded….
In 1973, Karmanos Cancer Institute researcher Herbert Soule, Ph.D. developed the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line, which…
In 1973, the publication “Biohazards in Biological Research,” was edited by S. Hellman, M. Oxman, and R. Pollack. …
In 1973, the Michigan Cancer Foundation’s cancer registry was invited to join the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Surveillance,…
In 1973, Senator Norris Cotton secured a second federal grant of $500,000 to support cancer research at Geisel…
On Oct. 27, 1972, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress. The CPSA…
On Jul. 1, 1972, the Regulation of Biologics–including serums, vaccines, and blood products–was transferred from the NIH to…
On Jun. 30, 1972, five U.S .cancer scientists met with Russian scientists in Moscow to exchange information on…
On Jun. 14, 1972, an end to the continued domestic usage of the pesticide DDT was decreed when…
On Jun. 5, 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, Sweden was the first…
On May 11, 1972, the Over-the-Counter Drug Review began to enhance the safety, effectiveness and appropriate labeling of…
May 5, 1972, Frank Joesph Rauscher, Jr. became the seventh director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until…
May 1972 was declared ‘National Arthritis Month’ by Congress and President Nixon.
On Apr. 10, 1972, the United States, the Soviet Union and 70 other nations signed an agreement that…