On Feb. 13, 1997, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting and Science Innovation…
In 1997, Kurt Amplatz invented the Amplatzer Septal Occluder. The device is inserted by percutaneous catheter placement, thus…
In 1997, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research broke ground in Kansas City, MO. The Institute was founded…
In 1997, Bristol-Myers Squibb opened a 433-acre research campus in Hopewell, New Jersey. Two important new medicines co-developed…
In 1997, planning began for Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Center for Women’s Health, and an interim…
In 1997, Stanley B. Prusiner (University of Pennsylvania, A.B. 1964, M.D. 1968) was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize…
In 1997, anesthesiologist Joanne Conroy, M.D. became the first woman appointed as head of the University of South…
In 1997, Dr. Leland Hartwell became the new President and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center….
Oct. 20, 1996, the United Kingdom’s National Osteoporosis Society supported by the European Commission, announced the creation of…
In 1996, the National Research Council issued the nation’s first precollege science education standards, a blueprint for engaging…
In 1996, deCODE genetics was funded in Reykjavik, Iceland. deCODE is a global leader in analyzing and understanding…
In 1996, the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Rice University professors Richard Smalley, Robert Curl…
In 1996, Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute (THBI) was founded in Austin. The mission of the Texas Healthcare…
In 1995, Regina Benjamin, MD, a family doctor in the shrimping village of Bayou La Batre, Alabama, became…
In 1995, President Bill Clinton proclaimed the first full week of April as National Public Health Week (NPHW)….
In 1995, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) became a public corporation and separated from the Oregon State…
In 1994, Iowa Biotech Association (IBA) was Founded as a 501(c)6 non-profit trade association to unify Iowa’s bioscience…
In 1994, the National Laboratory for the Study of Rural Telemedicine was established at the University of Iowa…
On Dec. 30, 1993, the Genentech drug Pulmozyme (dornase alfa) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug…
On Dec. 29, 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved indications for oral risperidone (tablets, oral…
On Jul. 23, 1993, Chiron and Berlex Laboratories announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had…
In 1993, Patricia Limousin and Irene Martinez-Torres demonstrated the role of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) in the pathophysiology…
In 1978, molecular biologist Lydia Villa-Komaroff authored a paper demonstrating that bacteria could produce insulin.
In 1993, Bristol-Myers Squibb launched TAXOL (paclitaxel). The company invested hundreds of millions of dollars to supply TAXOL…
In 1993, the Physicians Pavilion at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) opened on Marquam Hill to provide…
On Dec. 3, 1992, The United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclaimed Dec. 3 as the International Day of…
On Nov. 2, 1992, the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center bridge opened. The 660-foot-long suspended pedestrian enclosed skybridge is…
On Oct. 27, 1992, the CDC was officially renamed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, retraining its initials…
On May 13, 1992, the U.S. Congress announced the Generic Drug Enforcement Act, sponsored by Rep. John Dingell…
On Feb. 28, 1992, Madigan Army Medical Center opened its 1.2 million square foot complex, the newest and…