First locally acquired case of dengue in California detected in a Pasadena resident
On Oct. 30, 2023,California Department of Public Health reported The first locally acquired case of dengue in California…
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California’s Stem Cell Agency invested more than $42.1 million in translational-stage research
On Oct. 27, 2023, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $42.1 million to fund various translational…
Novavax’s prototype COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid received full approval in Singapore
On Oct. 18, 2023, Novavax announced that Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has granted full approval for Novavax’s…
Purdue nameed new pediatric cancer research center for the late Tyler Trent
On Oct. 14, 2023, Purdue University ensured that the memory of the former graduate and devoted Boilermaker football…
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Novavax’s Nuvaxovid received positive CHMP opinion for full marketing authorization for prevention of COVID in the EU
On Oct. 3, 2023, Novavax announced that it’s COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (2023-2024 Formula) (NVX-CoV2601) had received Emergency Use…
California’s Stem Cell Agency approved $110 million investment into basic research in neuropsychiatric diseases
On Oct. 2, 2023, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced its approval of a new program…
Nobel Prize in medicine was jointly awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”
On Oct. 2, 2023, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine was awarded jointly to Katalin Kariko and…
U.S. National Science Foundation invested $35 million in future manufacturing
On Sept. 29, 2023, through the Future Manufacturing program, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced targeted investments…
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California’s Stem Cell Agency invested $44 million to advance regenerative medicine research and manufacturing in California
On Sept. 29, 2023, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $43.8 million to fund projects aimed…
Pfizer and BioNTech received Health Canada authorization for XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 28, 2023, Pfizer and BioNTech that Health Canada had authorized the companies’ Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent COVID-19…
Clinical trial of HIV vaccine began in United States and South Africa
On Sept. 20, 2023, the National Institutes of Health announced that a trial of a preventive HIV vaccine…
WHO reported legionellosis deaths from Poland
On Sept. 14, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that as of Sept. 11, 2023, a total…
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NIH awarded $50.3 million for ‘multi-omics’ research on human health and disease
On Sept. 12, 2023, the National Institutes of Health announced it was establishing the Multi-Omics for Health and…
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The Markey Cancer Center became an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
On Sept. 6, 2023, the Markey Cancer Center (MCC) became Kentucky’s first and only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-Designated…
OHSU achieved national milestone in new knee repair technique
On Sept. 6, 2023, Oregon Health & Science University announced it had achieved a landmark in orthopaedic medicine…
MIT and two California universities received $50 million grant for Army research
On Aug. 27, 2003, The Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB) announced it was funding a $50 million five…
Eye cell atlas pinpoints where disease-causing genes are expressed, raising hope for inroads against blindness
On Aug. 25, 2023, Harvardï¾’s Center for Brain Science announced the ceation of an eye atlas that pinpoints…
Parkinson’s disease gene variant found in study of some people of African ancestry
On Aug. 23, 2023, a gene variant found almost exclusively in the genomes of people of African ancestry…
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The United Kingdom announced the Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre
On Aug. 7, 2023, the United Kingdom Health and Security Agency announced the Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre…
Only 1 in 5 U.S. adults with opioid use disorder received medications to treat it in 2021
On Aug. 7, 2023, a National Institute of Health supported study found that in 2021, an estimated 2.5…
Henrietta Lacks’ family settled lawsuit with biotech company that used her cells without consent
On Aug. 1, 2023, more than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical…
Emergent BioSolutions awarded 10-Year BARDA contract valued at $704 million for Ebanga treatment for Ebola
On Jul. 31, 2023, Emergent BioSolutions announced that it was awarded a 10-year contract by the Biomedical Advanced…
Feinstein Institutes researchers first to use double neural bypass to restore movement in man living with quadriplegia
On Jul. 28, 2023, in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, bioelectronic medicine researchers, engineers and surgeons at Northwell Healthï¾’s…
SIGA announced U.S. Government procurement orders of approximately $138 million for oral and IV TPOXX
On Jul. 27, 2023, SIGA Technologies announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services exercised procurement…
Milestones in Diabetes
Milestones in Diabetes illustrates major milestones from the first administration of the hormone insulin in 1921 to a…
NIH released new atlas of human kidney cells to help unlock kidney disease research
On Jul. 19, 2023, the National Institute of Health announced that a nationwide research team had created the…
U.S. FDA approved BioMarin’s ROCTAVIANï¾™, the first and only gene therapy for adults with severe hemophilia A
On Jun. 29, 2023, BioMarin Pharmaceutical announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ROCTAVIANï¾™ (valoctocogene…
IHME reported global diabetes cases to soar from 529 million to 1.3 billion by 2050
On Jun. 22, 2023, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) reported that more than half a…
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U.S. FDA approved first gene therapy for treatment of patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
On Jun. 22, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Sarepta Therapeutics’s Elevidys, the first gene…
Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, died at 89
On Jun. 17, 2023, the Mississippi man known as “Case 1,” the first person to be diagnosed with…