The largest-ever prostate cancer prevention study showed that Selenium and Vitamin E do not help prevent prostate cancer
On Dec. 9, 2008, in contrast with earlier research suggesting that dietary supplementation with selenium and vitamin E…
On Dec. 9, 2008, in contrast with earlier research suggesting that dietary supplementation with selenium and vitamin E…
On Dec. 4, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an expanded age indication for the tetanus…
On Nov. 19, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened its first foreign office in Beijing to…
On Nov. 5, 2008, Siteman Cancer Center and The Genome Center researchers Timothy J. Ley, MD, Elaine Mardis,…
On Oct. 29, 2008, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that Nike founder Philip H. and Penny…
On Oct. 22, 2008, Merck announced it was closing its Rosetta Research Center and would layoff 300 employees…
On Oct. 13, 2008, the Dow Jones industrials stock market indice rose a record 936 points nearly double…
On Oct. 10, 2008, the stock market crashed (Black Week) with Dow Jones Industrial average dropping over 1,874…
On Oct. 8, 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had awarded the University of Georgia…
On Oct. 6, 2008, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi was awarded a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
On Oct. 6, 2008, Stanford researchers developed a test that reduced the risks in testing for chromosomal disorders…
On Sept. 15, 2008, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) launched the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN) to…
On Sept. 14, 2008, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers and colleagues have shown that increased expression of…
On Sept. 2008, a narrow region on chromosome 15 contains genetic variations strongly associated with familial lung cancer,…
On Sept. 8, 2008, the Fitzsimons Life Science District smoke stack, a symbol of the rich history of…
On Sept. 4, 20008, Eli and Edythe Broad gave an unprecedented gift of $400 million in September 2008…
On Aug. 20, 2008, Sonus Pharmaceuticals was acquired by OncoGenex Technologies in a reverse merger transaction worth $10.36…
On Jul. 22, 2008, Bentley Pharmaceuticals was acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. At closing, Bentley consisted solely of…
On Jul. 15, 2008, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act extended expiring provisions under the Medicare…
On Jul. 8, 2008, Stanford researchers announced discovered a molecule that kills kidney cancer cells. Ideally, the researchers…
On Jun. 27, 2008, Pacific Oncology joined with Oregon Health & Science University and created greater access to…
On Jun. 24, 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoid…
On Jun. 23, 2008, Sanofi Pasteur announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had licensed Pentacel, Diphtheria and…
On Jun. 22, 2008, National Cancer Institute researchers announced that cells from a blood-borne cancer called multiple myeloma…
On Jun. 18, 2008, National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues figured out how to add the…
On Jun. 15, 2008, Australia announced it had approved the first locally made vaccine to protect humans from…
On Jun. 5, 2008, the FDA approved the use of Sanofi Pasteur’s Tenivac tetanus and diphtheria toxoids adsorbed…
Washington BioEvolution illustrates life science companies and non-profit research organization in the State of Washington by the year…
On May 22, 2008, the New Mexico Dept. of Health notified the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
On May 21, 2008, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 that prohibited health insurers and employers from…