On Apr. 6, 1985, Bill Schroeder from Jasper, Indiana, the second human recipient of the Jarvik 7 artificial…
In Apr. 15, 1985, the first International AIDS conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia, was organized by the WHO,…
On Jan. 18, 1985, ground was broken for a new 1.2 million square foot, 414-bed Madigan Army Medical…
In 1985, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) was founded in Pittsburgh. UPCI has 320 faculty members…
In 1985, nerve-sparing prostatectomy, designed to preserve potency and urinary continence, was introduced. This procedure resulted in markedly…
In 1985, Lumpectomy plus radiation therapy was found equivalent to mastectomy for early breast cancer. Lumpectomy followed by…
In 1985, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revised the case definition of AIDS to…
In 1985, the HER2 oncogene was discovered by Axel Ullrich, a young scientist at Genentech. The new oncogene…
In 1985, the CDIPD was founded as an NIH-NIAID-supported Tropical Disease Research Unit (TDRU) at University of California,…
In 1985, the Comprehensive Cancer Center of Metropolitan Detroit was named in honor of Meyer L. Prentis, a…
In 1985, Dr. Anthony Pawson discovered the SH2 protein domain involved in controlling cell behavior, leading to targeted…
On Dec. 20, 1984, a team of scientists announced that a cDNA clone for human p53 cellular tumor…
On Sept. 1, 1984, with the enactment of P.L. 98-369 by the U.S. Congress, coverage under Part B…
On May 17, 1984, Federal District Court Judge John J. Sirica temporarily halts all federally funded experiments involving…
On May 2, 1984, the new UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Centerﾒs original three-story cancer research building opened. In…
On Mar. 8, 1984, two articles describing the cloning of the T-Cell Receptor (TCR) by Tak Wah Mak…
On Mar. 6, 1984, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Margaret M. Heckler launched a new cancer prevention…
On Feb. 14, 1984, the world’s first successful combined heart-liver transplant was performed in Pittsburgh at UPMC Children’s…
On Feb. 8, 1984, Elmer R. Pfefferkorn published his discovery that treatment of human fibroblasts with human recombinant…
In 1984, American Cancer Society (ACS) introduced dietary guidelines to reduce cancer. The ACS published Nutrition and Physical…
In 1984, The Comprehensive Minority Biomedical Program, DEA, was established to widen the focus of the minority effort…
In 1984, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) bowed…
In 1984, the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) was selected as one of the original…
In 1984, University of California, San Diego Trauma Center (UC San Diego) joined with six other area hospitals…
In 1984, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers published their solution to chromosome painting that has been widely adopted….
In 1984, genetic scientists led by Philip Leder created the first genetically engineered mouse model of cancer, nicknamed…
In 1984, fluoroestradiol (FES) was first developed by researchers Michael J. Welch, PhD from Washington University at St….
In 1984, St. ﾠJude Children’s Hospital launched the After Completion of Therapy Clinic, the world’s largest long-term follow-up…
In 1984, the University of Virginia Cancer Center, now Virginia Health, was founded in Charlottesville. The UVA Cancer…
On Jan. 1, 1984, a University of Iowa College of Medicine research team headed by Dr. Antonio Damasio…