ZymoGenetics dedicated Seattle’s historic Lake Union Steam Plant
On Sept. 8, 1994, ZymoGenetics dedicated Seattle’s historic Lake Union Steam Plant. The renovated 113,000 s.f. plant doubled…
Lake Union Steam Plant and Hydro House were designated City of Seattle landmarks
On Aug. 1, 1994, the ZymoGenetics Lake Union Steam Plant and Hydro House were designated City of Seattle…
ZymoGenetics began a $25 million year-long renovation of the The Seattle City Light Steam Plant building
On May 13, 1993, ZymoGenetics began a $25 million year-long renovation of the The Seattle City Light Steam…
James Collip produced the first insulin for humans
In Jan. 1922, James Bertram Collip produced the first insulin for humans. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
Eli Lilly introduced Humulin insulin identical to that produced by the human body
In 1987, Eli Lilly and Company introduced Humulin insulin identical to that produced by the human body. Humulin…
Dr. Gerald Nepom, director of the Virginia Mason Research Center, discovered genetic marker for Type I diabetes
In 1987, Dr. Gerald Nepom, the former director of the Virginia Mason Research Center, now known as the…
The first biotech drug, human insulin produced in genetically modified bacteria, was approved by FDA
On Oct. 28, 1982, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Humulin, Eli Lily’s recombinant insulin made…
ZymoGenetics was incorporated
On Jun. 22, 1981, ZymoGenetics was founded by University of Washington professors Earl Davie and Benjamin Hall, and…
First insulin pump for diabetes was developed
In 1979, Dr. Robert Sherwin and Dr. William Tamborlane from Yale University announced they had developed an insulin…
Genentech successfully cloned the gene encoding human insulin in Escherichia coli bacteria
On Sept. 6, 1978, Genentech, the most successful of the new biotech start-up companies, announced that scientists at…
The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes was founded
In 1978, The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes (BDC) was founded by Marvin Davis, former chair of…
Insulin resistance receptors was discovered
In 1976, C. Ronald Kahn discovered alterations in the receptors associated with insulin resistance, found in obesity and…
Stanford Medicine researchers discovered insulin resistance is principal physiologic characteristic of type-II diabetes
In 1968, Stanford Medicine researchers discovered that insulin resistance is the principal physiologic characteristic of mild type-II diabetes…
Surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed first human to human heart transplant
On Dec. 3, 1967, surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human to human heart transplant in Cape Town,…
The construction of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies was completed
In 1967, the construction of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies was completed. the original Institute buildings were…
The Pacific Northwest Research Foundation (Pacific Northwest Research Institute) was founded
On Oct. 19, 1956, the Pacific Northwest Diabetes Research Institute is a nonprofit biomedical research organization and leader…
The Virginia Mason Research Center was founded
In 1956, the Virginia Mason Research Center, now known as Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI), located…
Frederick Banting and Charles Best administered insulin from the pancreas’ of dogs proving insulin’s efficacy in treating human diabetes
In 1921, Frederick Banting and Charles Best who extracted the hormone insulin from the pancreas’ of dogs in…