On Dec. 18, 2024, Gavin Newsom, Governor of Californa, proclaimed a State of Emergency to streamline and expedite…
On Oct. 25, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported illnesses have been reported in…
On Oct. 22, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that public health officials in multiple…
On Apr. 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza…
On Apr. 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza…
On May 24, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science…
On Mar. 12, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence…
On Mar. 10, 2022, Schools with mandatory masking during the Delta surge had approximately 72% fewer cases of…
On Jan. 4, 2022, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced an exclusive option agreement and research collaboration with Kansas State University…
On Jun. 29, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced that an adjuvant developed with its funding had…
On Jun. 14, 2021, Cocrystal Pharma announced the selection of CDI-45205 as the lead compound for further development…
On Dec. 22, 2020, Cocrystal Pharma announced the selection of CDI-45205 as the lead compound for further development…
On Aug. 7, 2020, Pfizer announced a multi-year agreement with Gilead Sciences to manufacture and supply Gileadï¾’s investigational…
On Jul. 13, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced a new preclinical research and option agreement with Kansas State University…
On Jun. 17, 2020, Aclaris Therapeutics announced that the FDA had allowed an investigational new drug application to…
On May 18, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it had received a contract from the U.S. government to…
On Apr. 28, 2020, INOVIO announced that its Phase 1 U.S. clinical trial for COVID-19 DNA vaccine INO-4800…
On Apr. 22, 2020, Cocrystal Pharma announced it has expanded its previously announced license agreement with Kansas State…
On Mar. 6, 2020, Cocrystal Pharma announced it had initiated its Coronavirus program. Cocrystal previously entered into a…
On Mar. 8, 2016, the University of Kansas announced receipt of a $1 million gift to the KU…
On Jun. 5, 2015, the University of Missouri-Kansas City began a $21.5 million modernization of its primary biology…
On Jul. 12, 2012 the University of Kansas Cancer Center earned National Cancer Institute designation. Through efforts initially…
On Jul. 1, 2011, the Kansas Legislature abolished the Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC) in a cost-cutting proposal…
In 2009. the Stowers Institute for Medical Research added a 280,000-square-foot complex in South Kansas City to accommodate…
In 2006, the Kansas State University Biosecurity Research Institute dedicated the Biosecurity Research Institute (BRI) that was designed…
In 2004, Kansas Bioscience Authority was created in April 2004 when Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed into law the…
In 2004, BioKansas was founded by the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute and the State of Kansas,…
In 2000, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research opened its doors. The Institute was founded by Jim and…
In 1997, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research broke ground in Kansas City, MO. The Institute was founded…
In 1994, the Stowers Institute for Medical Research was founded by Jim and Virginia Stowers with a $500…