Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was founded
In 1965, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, now known as Battelle Pacific Northwest Division, was founded in 1965…
In 1965, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, now known as Battelle Pacific Northwest Division, was founded in 1965…
In 1965, The Hutch Award’s was created in honor of the late Fred Hutchinson, the courageous and inspirational…
In 1965, Mylan moved to Morgantown, West Virginia and begin manufacturing various over-the-counter products the next year. In…
On Dec. 9. 1964, President Johnson received the report of the President’s Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer and…
On Nov. 23, 1964, Dr. Michael DeBakey and his team performed the first successful coronary artery bypass graft…
On Nov. 12, 1964, Fred Hutchinson, a standout pitcher at Seattle’s Franklin High School and ten year pitching…
On Aug. 30, 1964, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested help in removing “X-33 Water Repellent”…
On Jun. 20, 1964, a team of researchers led by Dr. Thomas Brock, then a professor at the…
On Jun. 1, 1964, the Mini-1 dialysis machine was delivered to the University of Washington (UW) Hospital and…
In May 1964, Dr. John E. Buhler was named dean of the School of Dentistry. The College graduated…
On Apr. 1, 1964 Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant, was isolated by Yehiel Gaoni…
In March 1964, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) to the U.S. Public Health Service was formed to…
On Jan. 16, 1964, a team of doctors led by Dr. James D. Hardy, professor of surgery and…
On Jan. 16, 1964, Dr. Charles T. Dotter at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), considered the father…
On Jan. 13, 1964, the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine was founded with its origins in…
On Jan. 11, 1964 U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released the first government report that concluded smoking may…
In 1964, Stanford Medicine achieved the first successful clinical application of laser photocoagulation to treat detached retina (retinal).
In 1964, a new herpesvirus, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), was discovered in cultured tumor cells derived from a Burkitt…
In 1964, Bernard Rimland, a research psychologist and father of a son with Rimland, published Infantile Autism, a…
In 1964, the anticancer drug melphalan (L-PAM) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In 1964, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to John C. Bailar, Jr. “to recognize distinguished…
In 1964, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) was founded under the National Academy of Science (NAS) charter….
In 1964, plasmapheresis was introduced as a means of collecting plasma for fractionation.
In 1964, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was established.
In 1964, the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, organized in 1948, became the Arthritis Foundation in 1964. Since its…
In 1964, the FAO, backed by the U.N. Special Fund, sets up the Crop Research and Introduction Centre…
In 1964, the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines started the Green Revolution with new strains of…
In 1964, the Mexican Agriculture Program (MAP) was the The Rockefeller Foundationメs first intensive agricultural endeavor begun in…
In 1964, live, further attenuated measles virus vaccine (Lirugen by Pitman Moore-Dow based on the Schwarz strain, derived…
In 1964, a rubella epidemic swept the U.S. resulting in 12.5 million cases of rubella infection, an estimated…