In 1976, Influenza A/Victoria-like strains had been identified in New Jersey as early as January 21. The novel…
In 1976, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Jonsson Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) “comprehensive…
In 1976, the University of Arizona Cancer Center (UACC) was founded as a Division of The University of…
In 1976, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was involved in a national immunization program…
In 1976, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) became the home for the National Clearinghouse…
In 1976, patients began presenting at a rural hospital in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (then referred to…
In 1976, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Environmental Services Division revealed blood lead levels…
In 1976, Drs. J. Michael Bishop and Harold E. Varmus of the University of California, San Francisco demonstrated…
In 1976, the Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) at the University of Rochester in Rochester,…
In 1976, the American Liver Foundation (ALF) was created as a 501(c)3 nonprofit by the American Association for…
In 1976, St. Jude Medical was founded by Manny Villafana in Little Canada, a suburb of Saint Paul….
In 1976, interleukin-2 was discovered and purified which allowed researchers to grow T-cells and study their immunology, which…
In 1976, Bristol-Myers introduced CEENU (lomustine), a chemotherapy product for brain cancer and Hodgkins lymphoma. Lomustine is an…
In 1976, The U.S. Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) which provided the U.S. Environmental Protection…
In 1976, the Ohio State University Cancer Center (OSUCCC) received National Cancer Institute (NCI) comprehensive center designation. The…
In 1976, the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Information Service (CIS) began operation. Launched in Connecticut in 1976,…
In 1976, Baruch Samuel Blumberg from the Institute for Cancer Research in Philadelphia was awarded the Nobel Prize…
In 1976, the U.S. Congress passed the Medical Device Amendments to ensure safety and effectiveness of medical devices,…
In 1976, Warner-Lambert was required by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to cease and desist from advertising that…
In 1976, because of evidence of increased vaccine efficacy at older ages, the recommended age for vaccination was…
On Jul. 29, 1975, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to amend the Education for All Handicapped Children…
On Jan. 1, 1975, Kurt Amplatz published Radiographic changes in the postoperative patient in Cardiovascular Diseases. Amplatz, M.D.,…
In 1975, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Henry Eyring by the American Chemical Society “to recognize distinguished…
On Feb. 25, 1975, leading biology researchers and lawyers participated in what became known as the Asilomar Conference,…
In 1975, the Southern blot technique was developed to analyze DNA fragments. The technique was named after its…
In 1975, Georges Kohler and Cesar Milstein, showed how monoclonal antibodies can be generated by isolating individual fused…
In 1975, The Perlmutter Cancer Center was founded and received National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designation status. Its mission…
In 1975, Molecular Probes was founded by Richard and Rosaria Haugland in their kitchen in Minnesota. The biotechnology…
In 1975, The World Health Assembly passed a resolution to create the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) to…
In 1975, Dr. E. Donnall Thomas, a pioneer in bone marrow transplantation, secured a permanent treatment home at…