In 1996, A/goose/Guangdong/1/1996 (H5N1), the precursor of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) was identified in…
On Dec. 11, 1996, scientists from Stanford University and Affymetrix announced a new high-tech method that used a…
In 1996, the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC), a growing coalition of people battling cervical cancer and HPV…
In 1996, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched PulseNet, a national network of laboratories,…
In 1996, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center (UH) received National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designation. The Center’s mission is…
In 1996, the University of Maryland Cancer Center was renamed Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. In…
In 1996, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Johns Hopkins University received National Cancer Institutes (NCI). The…
In 1996, the first genetically engineered mouse model showing amyloid plaques and dysfunctional learning and memory found in…
In 1996, Kurt Amplatz performed one of the first percutaneous catheterization of the heart. Amplatz, M.D., who was…
In 1996, The Sioux Valley Health System, now known as Sanford Health, was founded. In 2007, the Sioux…
In 1996, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1996 was awarded jointly to St. Jude’s Peter C….
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…
On Dec. 29, 1995, the Genentech drug Nutropin AQ ((somatropin) injection for subcutaneous use) was approved by the…
On Aug. 1, 1985, Richard D. Klausner became the eleventh director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until…
On Jul. 30, 1995, Peter Karmanos generously gave a large donation to the cancer research, patient care and…
On May 3, 1995, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved Genentech’s drug CellCept…
In 1995, President Bill Clinton proclaimed the first full week of April as National Public Health Week (NPHW)….
On Jan. 1, 1995, Georgia’s Comprehensive Cancer Registry was established. The Registry became gold certified in 2002 following…
In 1995, The BRCA2 gene was mapped to chromosomal 13q. Just fifteen months later, Wooster et al.5 reported…
In 1995, AIDS researcher David D. Ho from the The Rockefeller University unlocked HIV replication that led to…
In 1995, scientists cloned the tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, inherited genetic mutations that can predict an…
In 1995, the first department of bioengineering in the U.S. was established at the University of California, San…
In 1995, Edward B. Lewis, Caltech graduate (Ph.D. 1942) and former faculty member, was awarded the Nobel Prize…
In 1995, Southern California Biomedical Council (SCBC), was founded with support from Rebuild LA (RLA) under its second…
In 1995, the Public Health Service (PHS) published guidelines for zidovudine (ZDV) used to reduce perinatal human immunodeficiency…
In 1995, Kurt Amplatz, M.D. created Goose-Neck Snares which are used to retrieve broken catheters and other items…
In 1995, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research was founded. The Institute was the research branch of the…
In 1995, researchers led by Dr. Peter St. George-Hyslop at the University of Toronto discovered and cloned two…
In 1995, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) became a public corporation and separated from the Oregon State…