ACIP recommended DTaP vaccines for all five doses in the vaccination schedule
On Jan. 15. 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
On Jan. 15. 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
In Jan. 1999, the Carbone Cancer Center and McArdle Laboratories merged and began to function as a single…
In January 1999, the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) established a SurveillanceGuidelines and Standards Committee (SGSC) in…
In 1999, The Indiana University (IU) Cancer Center became an National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center. Its mission…
In 1999, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital developed fluorescent molecular probes that fluoresced upon contact with tumor enzymes,…
In 1999, the Hudson-Webber Cancer Research Center opened to serve as a ‘translational’ research facility, bridging the gaps…
In 1999, Timothy J. Eberlein, MD was named director of the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center. As director…
In 1999, Siteman Cancer Center investigators joined the STAR (Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene) trial for breast cancer…
In 1999, Washington University – St. Louis radiation oncologists were instrumental in developing the world’s first big bore…
In 1999, the Eppley Cancer Center became a National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated cancer center. NCI grant funding…
In 1999, Texas Biomed researchers published the baboon gene map, the first genetic linkage of a nonhuman primate….
On Jan. 1, 1999, HIV infection in adults (clients 13 years of age or older) became reportable by…
In 1999, a diagnostic test allowed quick identification of Bovine Spongicorm Encephalopathy (BSE, also known as ‘mad cow’…
In 1999, ClinicalTrials.gov was founded as an Internet-based resource that provide information about clinical research studies to the…
In 1999, a meningococcal group C conjugate vaccine was introduced into the routine schedule in the U.K. for…
In 1999, the Vancouver Prostate Centre received a $20 million donation by Vancouver businessman Jim Pattison, the largest…
In 1999, Michael Smith, recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, founded Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Science…
In 1999, University of California at San Francisco Cancer Research Institute received NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center designation. The…
On Oct. 30, 1999, Livermore National Lab work completed work on the mouse genome as part of Laboratory…
In 1999, Dr. Emil Kakkis at Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) developed Enzyme Replacement Therapy to…
In 1999, the Del E. Webb Center for Neuroscience and Aging, which focuses on diseases such as stroke,…
In 1999, the Delaware Biotechnology Institute was founded as a partnership among government, academia and industry to help…
In 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile, now the…
In 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Laboratory Response Network (LRN). The…
In 1999, Trubion Pharmaceutical was founded in Seattle as a spin-off from the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute,…
On Dec. 22, 1998, Washington University – St. Louis researcher Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD and colleagues developed a…
Dec. 22, 1998, researchers from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis announced using a revolutionary system that uses superconducting…
On Dec. 21, 1998, the Lyme Disease Vaccine (Recombinant OspA), (LYMErix by SmithKline Beecham) was licensed for use…
On Nov. 23, 1998, The University of California, Berkeley and the Novartis Agricultural Discovery Institute announced that they…
On Nov. 3, 1998, the NASDAQ completed its merger with the American Stock Exchange, which mostly traded options…