Early concern over the dangers of recombinant DNA has waned and the NIH guidelines are relaxed
In 1979, early concern over the dangers of recombinant DNA has waned and the NIH guidelines are relaxed.
In 1979, early concern over the dangers of recombinant DNA has waned and the NIH guidelines are relaxed.
On Aug. 5, 1977, the National Cancer Institute celebrated its 40th anniversary with a ceremony on the NIH…
In 1974, The National Cancer Institute chose the Pacific Health Research Institute (PHRI) to undertake the ‘Breast Cancer…
On Jul. 1, 1972, the Regulation of Biologics–including serums, vaccines, and blood products–was transferred from the NIH to…
In 1972, the Division of Biologics Standards was transferred from NIH to FDA and renamed the Bureau of…
On Dec. 23, 1971, the National Cancer Act of 1971, enacted by President Richard Nixon as part of…
On Jul. 13, 1970, Carl Gwin Baker became the sixth director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until…
In 1965, the rubella virus was attenuated by a NIH research team lead by Paul Parkman and Harry…
In March 1964, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) to the U.S. Public Health Service was formed to…
In 1958, Arvid Carlsson discovered that levodopa (L-Dopa) was effective in treating the symptoms of Parkinsonism. a treatment…
From 1955 through early 1963, millions of people were accidentally exposed to simian virus 40 (SV40) as a…
On Feb. 8, 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a tobacco farmer from Virginia died from cervical cancer, and a scientist…
In 1950, Robert W. Berliner of the NIH conducted work on renal physiology that led to a new…
In 1950, Earl Stadtman of the NIH discovered phosphotransacetylose, elucidating the role of acetyl CoA in fatty acid…
In 1946, the Research Grants Office was created at NIH in January to administer the Office of Scientific…
In 1945, Karl Habel cultivated mumps virus in embryonated eggs and devised serological tests for its presence. Habel…
On Jul. 1, 1944, the Public Health Service Act, P.L. 410, 78th Congress, provided that “The National Cancer…
On Sept. 4, 1943, Dr. Carl Voegtlin resigned as director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Dr. Voegtlin…
In 1942, Willard H. Wright, Eloise Cram, Walter Newton and their colleagues in the NIH Division of Zoologye…
On Oct. 31, 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated the first six buildings of the NIH. During World War…
On Jan. 13, 1938, Dr. Carl Voegtlin became the first director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), established…
In 1938, Margaret Pittman showed that the precipitin reaction around meningococcus colonies on immune serum agar plates was…
In 1938, The NIH’s James Shannon Building (called Building 1) dedicated by Franklin D. Roosevelt was completed. Building…
On Aug. 5, 1937, Senate Bill 2067 (Public Law 244) established the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and made…
In 1937, Maurice C. Hall developed a technique, known as the “NIH swab,” to diagnose enterobiasis; it is…
In 1932, a section on heart disease supervised by Arthur M. Stimson began to study the causes of…
In 1928, the sword symbol of the Americal Cancer Society (ASCC) came from a 1928 nationwide poster contest…
On Feb. 4, 1927, a decade before the National Cancer Institute (NCI) was established, Senator Matthew Neely (D)…
In 1925, Rolla E. Dyer, a senior scientist at NIH, defined the unit for scarlet fever streptococcus antitoxin.
On Nov. 10, 1922, Carl Voegtlin, J. M. Johnson, and Helen Dyer announced they had co-published an article…