On Apr. 15, 2009, infection with the new influenza A virus (then referred to as ‘swine origin influenza…
On Apr. 15, 2009, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the University of Washington (UW), along with…
On Mar. 2, 2009, the Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. Hollings’ mission is…
In 2009, The Wyss Institute was founded based on the belief that science has uncovered enough information about…
On Oct. 8, 2008, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had awarded the University of Georgia…
On Sept. 4, 2008, the Cancer Genome Atlas reported first results of comprehensive study of brain tumors. This…
On Jun. 18, 2008, National Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues figured out how to add the…
On May 23, 2008, President George Bush signed the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) bill into Public Law…
On Apr. 29, 2008, National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers identified a pattern of gene activity in mice that…
On Mar. 2, 2008, Adult stem cells may provide an explanation for the cause of a Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria…
In 2008, the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCC) received NCI designation, a…
On Dec. 19, 2007, the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), a $150 million initiative, was established by the National…
On Dec. 12, 2007, the Breast Cancer Research Stamp Reauthorization Act extended through Dec. 31, 2011, provisions requiring…
On Dec. 6, 2007, the Cancer Therapy & Research Center became part of the UT Health Science Center…
On Nov. 5, 2007, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins received the National Medal of Science…
On Oct. 29, 2007, the International HapMap Consortium announced it had published an analyses of its second-generation map…
on Oct. 15, 2007, the annual report from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) showed that cancer death rates…
On Sept. 27, 2007, the FDA Amendments Act of 2007 amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act…
On Sept. 23, 2007, the Stanford Cancer Institute (SCI) was awarded “cancer center” designation from the National Cancer…
On Jul. 18, 2007, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it was providing states,…
On Jul. 18, 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced in MMWR that revised…
On Apr. 20, 2007, President Bush signed critical legislation into law today to expand a successful program that…
On Apr. 1, 2007, National Cancer Institute (NCI) researchers report that a set of genetic variations in at…
On Jan. 15, 2007, President Bush signed H.R. 6164 as P.L. 109-482, the National Institutes of Health Reform…
In 2007, the U.S. Congress declared May National Cancer Control Month, an opportunity to educate all Americans about…
In 2007, Richard Nakamura, Ph.D., became the first Asian American scientific director of the National Institute of Mental…
In 2007, the Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) was founded at Virginia Commonwealth University to enhance…
On Nov. 27, 2006, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) was officially signed into law by President George…
On Nov. 20, 2006, the Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced…
On Oct. 19, 2006, the National Cancer Institute released new data from the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility…