Warfarin was introduced as a pesticide against rats and mice
In 1948, Warfarin was introduced as a pesticide against rats and mice. Warfarin (a.k.a. Coumadin) is an anticoagulant…
In 1948, Warfarin was introduced as a pesticide against rats and mice. Warfarin (a.k.a. Coumadin) is an anticoagulant…
In 1948, George Hitchings and Hitchings and laboratory assistant Gertrude Elion synthesized 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), an antimetabolite, to combat…
In 1948, The Arthritis Foundation, the leading health organization addressing the needs of some 46 million Americans living…
In 1948, the Red Cross began the first nationwide blood program for civilians, at a collection center in…
In 1948, the National Cancer Institute’s grants program to medical, dental, and osteopathic schools was initiated for improvement…
In 1948, Chester Emmons from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases first pointed out reservoirs of…
In 1948, the Miller Amendment affirmed that the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act applied to goods regulated…
In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) Influenza Centre was established at the National Institute for Medical Research…
In 1948, pharmacologist Dr. Raymond P. Ahlquist of the Medical College of Georgia published research that laid the…
In 1948, the first series of successful operations was performed at Peter Bent Brigham for repair of stenotic…
In 1948, the Detroit Cancer Center was established from the union of the Detroit Institute for Cancer Research…
In 1948, the National Institute of Health was reorganized into the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Rocky…
In 1948, Dr. Isabel M. Morgan led a team that successfully inoculated monkeys with a killed-virurs vaccine. From…
In 1948, Elsie Taber joined the faculty of the Anatomy Department of the Medical College of South Carolina….
In 1948, the National Research Council established a library on the University of Saskatchewan campus to use chemistry…
In 1948, Nestle of Switzerland acquired Alcon, and in 2002 Nestle conducted an initial public offering of 25%…
On Nov. 13, 1947, The National Cancer Institute’s Research Grants and Fellowship Branch was established. It later became…
On Jul. 1, 1947, The National Cancer Institute was reorganized to provide an expanded program of intramural cancer…
On Jul. 1, 1947, Leonard Andrew Scheele became the third director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until…
On Jul. 1, 1947, the National Malaria Eradication Program commenced. The Program was a cooperative of state and…
On Jul. 1, 1947, commenced operations Program was a cooperative undertaking by state and local health agencies of…
On Mar. 5, 1947, ground was broken for the new University of Washington’s Health Sciences Building. The new…
In 1947, Maxine Larisey became the first female professor in the MCSC School of Pharmacy.
In 1947, Joe Hall Morris invented the Bi-Phase External Skeletal Fixation Splint.
In 1947, the first civilian burn unit in the country was established at the Medical College of Virginia…
In 1947, the Southeastern Michigan Division of the American Cancer Society created the Michigan Cancer Foundation to comply…
On Jan. 1, 1947, Jesse P. Greenstein of the NCI summed up 20 years of research in his…
In 1947, the new Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, Georgia, acquires 15 acres from Emory College for a…
In 1947, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Warren K. Lewis by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1947, Sidney Farber finds that a folic acid derivative inhibits acute leukemia. This first antimetabolite leads to…