On Aug. 1, 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated the Global Heath Security…
In 2014, the Institute for Applied Life Sciences ï¾ (IALS) was founded at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with…
In 2014, Siteman Cancer Center performed the world’s first MRI-guided radiation therapy treatment, allowing for visualized and adaptable…
On Dec. 26, 2013, a 2-year-old boy in the remote Guinean village of Meliandou fell ill with a…
On Dec. 20, 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published guidance for HBV protection…
On Dec. 19, 2013, the Siteman Cancer Center debuted the first single-vault proton therapy center in the U.S.:…
On Dec. 3, 2013, Juno Theraputics, a biotechnology company focused on bringing forward novel immunotherapies for cancer, was…
On Nov. 28, 2013 “Project Tycho,” was a mammoth study that tracked nearly 88 million cases of disease…
On Nov. 20, 2013, researchers at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering and the…
On Nov. 15, 2013, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to extend existing recommendations for use…
On Nov. 13, 2013, Genentech announced that it’s drug Gazyva (obinutuzumab) was approved by the U.S. Food and…
On Nov. 8, 2013, the Human Tissue and Organ Donation Amendment Act (Bill 207) was passed. The Act…
On Oct. 30, 2013, the Karmanos Cancer Institute and McLaren Health Care signed an agreement that created the…
On Oct. 28, 2013, Columbia University Medical Center announced publication of a Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals that identified…
On Oct. 24, 2013, the University of Iowa (IA) announced a second $10 million gift commitment from Jerre…
On Oct. 23, 2013, the Mayo Clinic announced that Robert and Patricia Kern have given $100 million to…
On Oct. 22, 2013 Myron Cohen received the North Carolina Award for Science. Dr. Cohen is a University…
On Oct. 1, 2013, Capsugel announced it had completed its acquisition of Bend Research. The company was founded…
On Sept. 21, 2013, philanthropists Phil and Penny Knight pledged $500 million to kick-start a $1 billion cancer…
On Aug. 6, 2013, Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute (PNDRI) received a $2 million National Institutes of Health…
On Aug. 6, 2013, Chinese scientists from Zhejiang University and BGI announced in a study published in Cell…
On Aug. 1, 2013, Novartis announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Menveo (Meningococcal [Groups…
On Jul. 23, 2013, Matrical Bioscience announced it has had been acquired by Chelmsford, Massachusetts-based Brooks Automation for…
On Jul. 12, 2013. the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center (MCC) was joined by national, state and…
On Jun. 28, 2013, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate…
On Jun. 26, 2013 researchers at the Centre for GeoGenetics at the Natural History Museum of Denmark announced…
On Jun. 25, 2013, NanoString Technologies launched an initial public offering at $10.00 per share and raised $54…
On Jun. 20, 2013, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 13 to 0, in favor of…
On Jun. 20, 2013 – Syntrix Biosystems announced a federal court in Tacoma, had granted the Auburn-based company…
On Jun. 14, 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…