On Apr. 15, 2009, infection with the new influenza A virus (then referred to as ‘swine origin influenza…
On Apr. 15, 2009, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the University of Washington (UW), along with…
In Apr. 2009, physicians used point of care rapid immunoassay tests to provide influenza results within 15 minutes…
On Apr. 1, 2009, the University of Southern California (USC) purchased Norris Cancer Hospital and University Hospital (now…
On Mar. 26, 2009, Roche completed its acquisition of Genentech for $46.8 billion pursuant to a short-form merger…
On Mar. 23, 2009, the Priestley Medal was awarded to M. Frederick Hawthorne by the American Chemical Society…
On Mar. 11, 2009, researchers announced they had DNA evidence that the two individuals recovered from the 2007…
On Mar. 2, 2009, the Hollings Cancer Center was designated a Cancer Institute. National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation…
On Mar. 2, 2009, the Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. Hollings’ mission is…
In Mar. 2009, Emory University’s Chemical Biology Discovery Center became part of the NCI Chemical Biology Consortium (CBC),…
On Feb. 26, 2009, the new Scripps Research Institute’s Florida facility, comprising three state-of-the-art buildings and more than…
On Feb. 25, 2008, Oregon State University’s James Carrington, a professor of botany and plant pathology and a…
On Feb. 25, 2009, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine hepatitis A vaccination for household…
On Feb. 12, 2009, the Vaccine Court ruled that MMR vaccine, when administered with thimerosal-containing vaccines, does not…
On Feb 10, 2009, Caroline Amplatz pledged $50-million to the Minnesota Medical Foundation, in Minneapolis, to support the…
On Feb. 6, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first genetically engineered animal for…
On Feb. 4, 2009, the presidents of the MGH, MIT and Harvard University announced the creation of the…
On Jan. 21, 2009, the Rotary International, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the British and German…
On Jan. 21, 2009, the Knight Cancer Institute announced the recruitment of lung oncology expert Alan Sandler, M.D.,…
On Jan. 20, 2009, the Knight Cancer Institute announced the recruitment of surgeon Chris Amling, M.D., chief of…
On Jan. 15, 2009, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded Novartis a $487 million…
In 2009, Ada Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mapping the structure of ribosomes using X-ray…
In 2009, International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) reported that global biotech acreage grew to…
In 2009, an increased risk of narcolepsy (a chronic sleep disorder) was found following vaccination with Pandemrix, a…
On Aug. 3, 2009, Researchers at Stanford’s School of Medicine announced they had identified the first human bladder…
In 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) addressed widespread asbestos contamination in Libby, Montana….
In 2009, The Wyss Institute was founded based on the belief that science has uncovered enough information about…
In 2009, The University of New Mexico Cancer Center opened its new state-of-the-art cancer treatment and research facility….
In 2009, Drs. Judith James and Linda Thompson at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) helped develop an…
In 2009, Dr. Andras Nagy reported the discovery of a new non-viral method of creating stem cells from…