In 1995, Gene therapy, immune-system modulation and recombinantly produced antibodies enter the clinic in the war against cancer.
On Dec. 23, 1994, the FDA announced the approval of the first U.S. HIV test system using oral…
On Jun. 1, 1992, the FDA recommended that all donated blood be screened for antibodies to human immunodeficiency…
In 1987, University of California, San Diego Alumnus Susumu Tonegawa was awarded he Nobel Prize for Physiology or…
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 1983, Dr. Tak Wah Mak co-discovered the T-cell receptor and the gene that produces it. Dr. Mak…
In 1981, Stanford oncologist Ronald Levy reported the first successful use of monoclonal antibodies, which are laboratory-created molecules…
In 1981, Hybritech issued its Initial Public Offering (IPO) and raised $12 million, and $33 million in a…
In 1981, Imre Corp. (Immune Response Systems, Inc.) was founded in Seattle. The company developed the Prosorba Column,…
On Nov. 7, 1980, Stanford University researchers Henry Kaplan and Lennart Olsson announced they had created cells to…
In 1980, Genetic Systems was founded in Seattle as a monoclonal antibody-based diagnostic company by Robert Nowinski of…
In 1978, Hybritech was founded by cancer researcher Ivor Royston and lab technician Howard Birndorf of the University…
In 1975, Georges Kohler and Cesar Milstein, showed how monoclonal antibodies can be generated by isolating individual fused…
In 1972, The Wistar Institute was designated a National Cancer Institute Cancer Center in basic researchï¾—a distinction it…
In 1972, Gerald Maurice Edelman (M.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1954) was was awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize for…
In Oct. 1952, Dr. William Hammon published results provided the first evidence that antibodies to polio could prevent…
On Jun. 12, 1952 Dr. Jonas Salk went to the D. T. Watson Home for Crippled Children (now…
In 1952, Dr. Jonas Salk and his team found monkey kidney tissue to be the most fertile environment…
In 1945, the Coombs test, or antiglobulin test, was first developed. It was named after Robin Coombs who,…
In 1939, Rene Dubos isolated gramicidin, an antibiotic, from a common soil microbe. His discovery helps cure a…
In 1910, John F. Anderson and Wade H. Frost extended earlier studies on hypersensitivity and used for the…