The Red Cross opened the Holland Laboratory (in Maryland) dedicated to biomedical research
In 1987, the Red Cross opened the Jerome H. Holland Laboratory (in Maryland), which was dedicated to biomedical…
In 1987, the Red Cross opened the Jerome H. Holland Laboratory (in Maryland), which was dedicated to biomedical…
In 1987, Dr. Gerald Nepom, the former director of the Virginia Mason Research Center, now known as the…
In 1987, The National Native American AIDS Prevention Center (NNAAPC) was founded by American Indian and Alaska Native…
In 1987, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced revised regulations regarding Expanded Access (EA) to investigational…
In 1987, the FDA approved first Western blot blood test more specific HIV diagnostic test and AZT as…
In 1987, University of California, San Diego Alumnus Susumu Tonegawa was awarded he Nobel Prize for Physiology or…
In 1987, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genentech’s drug tPA Activase (alteplase). Activase is a…
In 1987, Livermore biomedical researchers began studying human chromosome 19. At the same time, Los Alamos began efforts…
In 1987, Richard Lerner, chair of the Scripps Department of Molecular Biology, was appointed the research institute’s new…
In 1987, Eli Lilly and Company introduced Humulin insulin identical to that produced by the human body. Humulin…
In 1987, Boston Children’s Hospital researcher Lous Kunkel and his colleagues discovered the gene that causes Duchenne muscular…
In 1987, the University of Minnesota Cancer Center, now known as the Masonic Cancer Center, received National Cancer…
In 1987, The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. CSHL researchers…
In 1987, the Case Cancer Center (Case CCC) at Case Western Reserve University was both founded and became…
On Oct. 18, 1986, the Moffitt Cancer Center was dedicated. The center was established in 1981 by the…
On Sept. 9, 1986, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) co-sponsored the first National Conference…
On Aug. 6, 1986, Bill Schroeder from Jasper, Indiana, the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7 artificial…
On Jun. 5, 1986, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hoffmann La Roche’s Interferon initially for…
On Jun. 5, 1986, Genzyme launched an Initial Public Offering (IPO) at $10 a share, and raised $28.3…
In May 1986, the vaccine Recombivax HB, which protects against hepatitis B infection, was approved for marketing in…
On Mar. 19, 1986, Eli Lilly acquired San Diego-based Hybritech for $300 million. Hybritech was a leading producer…
In February 1986, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hybritech’s Tandem-R PSA assay (P850048) with calibration…
In 1986, the Visible Human Project® (VHP), an outgrowth of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Long-Range Plan,…
In 1986, University of California San Diego Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) was designated one of eight national…
In 1986, the Moffitt Cancer Center was established by the Florida Legislature to meet a clear and compelling…
In 1986, philanthropist Harcourt Sylvester Jr. pledged $27.5 million to benefit cancer programs at the medical school, and…
In 1986, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Division of Injury Epidemiology and…
In 1986, the University of Michigan Cancer Center received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation. The Rogel Cancer Center…
In 1986, Dr. Stanley Cohen of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini each received…
In 1986, The University of Utah Cancer program earned National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation as a Cancer Center,…