The Connecticut Development Authority was merged into Connecticut Innovations
On Jul. 31, 2012, the Connecticut Development Authority (CDA) was merged into Connecticut Innovations (CI) which was created…
Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center opened 8 Smilow Cancer Care Centers in Connecticut
In 2012, Smilow Cancer Hospital and Yale Cancer Center opened 8 Smilow Cancer Care Centers in Connecticut.
Precipio was founded
In 2011, Precipio was founded in New Haven, Connecticut to build a platform designed to eradicate the problem…
Yale Cancer Center was awarded a SPORE (Specialized Programs of Research Excellence) grant for translational research
On Oct. 10, 2006, Yale Cancer Center was awarded a SPORE (Specialized Programs of Research Excellence) grant for…
Yale New Haven Hospital broke ground for the new cancer hospital, scheduled to open in 2009
In 2006, Yale New Haven Hospital broke ground for the new cancer hospital, scheduled to open in 2009.
The Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic was established at Yale Cancer Cente
In 2005, The Connecticut Challenge Survivorship Clinic was established at Yale Cancer Center providing the first specialized resource…
The Kavli Foundation Institute awarded $7.5 million to establish the Institute of Neuroscience at Yale University
On Mar. 11, 2004, The Kavli Foundation announced a $7.5 million award to establish the Kavli Institute of…
Yale Cancer Center partnered with the National Cancer Institute to create the first cooperative training program in cancer epidemiology
In 2003, Yale Cancer Center partnered with the National Cancer Institute to create the first cooperative training program…
GlaxoSmithKline announced the company would no longer manufacture or distribute its Lyme disease vaccine
On Feb. 25, 2002, GlaxoSmithKline announced that the company would no longer manufacture or distribute its Lyme disease…
Digital diagnostic technology developed with creation of AQUA (Automated Quantitative Analysis) at Yale Cancer Center
In 2002, digital diagnostic technology was developed with the creation of AQUA (Automated Quantitative Analysis) at Yale Cancer…
Lyme Disease Vaccine (Recombinant OspA) was licensed
On Dec. 21, 1998, the Lyme Disease Vaccine (Recombinant OspA), (LYMErix by SmithKline Beecham) was licensed for use…
Yale Cancer Center researchers discovered the gene, Survivin, which is linked to the detection of some cancers
In 1998, Yale Cancer Center researchers discovered the gene, Survivin, which is linked to the detection of some…
Bristol-Myers’ Wallingford facility named the Richard L Gelb Center for Pharmaceutical R&D after former Bristol-Myers chair and CEO
In 1995, Bristol-Myers’ Wallingford, Connecticut facility was named the Richard L. Gelb Center for Pharmaceutical Research and Development…
Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE) was founded
In 1990, Connecticut United for Research Excellence Inc. (CURE) was founded. CURE was a statewide coalition of educational…
Connecticut Innovations was founded
In 1989, Connecticut Innovations (CI), created by the Connecticut Legislature, provides strategic capital and operational support to advanced…
Yale Cancer Center oncologists performed the first bone marrow transplant in Connecticut
In 1988, oncologists from Yale Cancer Center performed the first bone marrow transplant in Connecticut at the Yale-New…
CDC Launched National surveillance for Lyme disease
In 1982, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a national surveillance for tick-borne Lyme…
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Washington injected purified DNA into a single-cell mouse embryo
In 1981, Frank Ruddle from Yale University, Frank Costantini and Elizabeth Lacy from Oxford, and Ralph L. Brinster…
Joan Steitz discovered snRNPs
In 1979, Joan Steitz discovered snRNPs, RNAï¾–protein complexes in the cell’s nucleus that perform a crucial step in…
The National Cancer Institute established a Cancer Information Service office at Yale Cancer Center
In 1976, the National Cancer Institute established a Cancer Information Service office at Yale Cancer Center to serve…
Lyme Disease was identified and named
In 1975, Lyme Disease was identified and named at Yale University. The spirochete that causes Lyme disease was…
Lyme disease was first recognized in the U.S.
In 1975, Lyme disease, an inflammatory disease caused by Gram-negative spirochetal bacteria and spread through a tick bite,…
George E Palade was awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
In 1974, George E. Palade, of the Yale University School of Medicine, was awarded the 1974 Nobel Prize…
Yale Cancer Center was founded
In 1974, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) was founded , bringing together the resources of Yale Medicine, Smilow Cancer…
Yale Cancer Center received NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center status
In 1974, Yale Cancer Center received NCI designated comprehensive cancer center status, the only such designated center in…
Yale established the first university-based department of clinical pharmacology and chemotherapy in the US
In 1965, Yale established the first university-based department of clinical pharmacology and chemotherapy in the United States (the…
Yale New Haven Hospital (then Grace-New Haven) installed the first linear accelerator in Connecticut for cancer treatment
In 1963, Yale New Haven Hospital (then Grace-New Haven) installed the first linear accelerator in Connecticut for cancer…
The first antiviral drug was developed at Yale
In 1959, William Prusoff of Yale University discovered idoxuridine, the first effective antiviral that fights herpes by interfering…
John Franklin Enders was awarded Nobel Prize in Medicine
In 1954, John F. Enders, a native of West Hartford, Connecticut and a graduate of Yale University (B.A….
Yale established first pharmacology department in the U.S. to focus on cancer chemotherapy and drug development
In 1953, Yale established the first pharmacology department in the U.S. to focus on cancer chemotherapy and cancer…