On Apr. 1, 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the IV-infection surveillance case definition was…
In 1999, Texas Biomed researchers published the baboon gene map, the first genetic linkage of a nonhuman primate….
On Jan. 1, 1999, HIV infection in adults (clients 13 years of age or older) became reportable by…
In 1998, the Priestley Medal was awarded to F. Albert Cotton by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1996, Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute (THBI) was founded in Austin. The mission of the Texas Healthcare…
On May 23, 1994, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Derek Barton ‘for his numerous…
On May 1, 1993, the costs of influenza vaccine and its administration became a covered benefit under Medicare…
In 1993, The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at San Antonio received National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation….
In 1991, the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center was founded. Simmons Cancer Center is built on a…
In 1991, The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at San Antonio launched its Institute for Drug Development…
On May 24, 1989, Dr. Kyriacos Costa “K.C.” Nicolaou joined the Research Institute of Scripps Clinic faculty. Dr. Nicolaou…
In 1985, Michael Stuart Brown from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas was awarded the…
On Feb. 14, 1984, the world’s first successful combined heart-liver transplant was performed in Pittsburgh at UPMC Children’s…
In 1981, Filipino and American scientist Dr. Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann received the U.S. Congressional Antarctic Service Medal for her…
In 1977, Ilya Prigogine from the University of Texas at Austin was awarded the Nobel Prize “for his…
In 1974, the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center…
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated lead exposure in El Paso, Texas,…
In 1970, the Southern Corn Leaf Blight (SCLB) sweeps across the South, destroying 15% of the U.S. corn…
In 1969, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center was founded in Lubbock, Texas. In 1974 construction began on…
On May 3, 1968, Denton Cooley at Baylor University College of Medicine transplanted the heart of a fifteen…
In 1966, U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) eradicated New World screwworm (NWS) from the United States using sterile…
In 1962, The Texas Heart Institute was founded by world-renowned cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Denton A. Cooley. Today, the…
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the…
In 1958, the Integrated circuit was invented by Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments (TI). Kilby was awarded the…
On Dec. 16, 1941, the Texas Biomedical Research Institute began as the scientific dream of its founder, Thomas…
In 1941, Texas State Cancer Hospital, now known as the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, was…
On Apr. 29, 1937, U.S. Congressman Maury Maverick of Texas introduced H.R. 6767, “To promote research in the…
In 1933, the New World Screwworm (NWS) was first documented as a significant problem in the Southeast following…
In 1921, Riceland Foods was founded by a group of Arkansas rice farmers that created a farmers cooperative…
By the end of 1918, Dallas had lost a disputed number of lives to infleunza, between 250 and…