The Vannevar Bush Award was established
In 1980, Established in 1980, the award commemorates Vannevar Bush, a science advisor to President Roosevelt during World…
In 1980, Established in 1980, the award commemorates Vannevar Bush, a science advisor to President Roosevelt during World…
In 1980, the National Science Board (NSB) announced that James R. Killian, Jr. was the recipient of its…
In 1980, three of Boston’s oldest and most prestigious Harvard Medical School teaching hospitals – the Peter Bent…
On Jul. 3, 1977, Dr. Raymond Damadian achieved the first human nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) image — a cross-section…
In 1978, Biogen was established in 1978 by a group of scientists and three venture capitalists as Biogen…
In 1978, Boston Children’s researcher Stuart Orkin and his team developed a new DNA sequencing technique for prenatal…
In 1977, Dana-Farber (DF) received National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center designation one of the first in…
In 1977, Harvard Medical School researcher Stephen C. Harrison first determined the structure of an intact virus particle,…
In 1976, the Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) at the University of Rochester in Rochester,…
In 1973, clinicians at the Boston Hospital for Women, now part of Brigham and Womenメs, developed noninvasive fetal…
In 1970, Massachusetts General Hospital researchers pioneered the positron emission tomography (PET) scan, enabling noninvasive looks at functional…
In 1969, Massachusetts General Hospital cardiac surgeons collaborated in the development of an intra-aortic balloon catheter.
In 1964, Massachusetts General Hospital made practical for the first time the long-term storage of human blood.
In 1962, a surgical team, led by Ronald Malt at Massachusetts General Hospital, performed a replantation of a…
In 1960, Massachusetts General Hospital clinicians became the first to use proton beam therapy to treat tumors of…
In 1959, the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation recruited noted biochemist A. Baird Hastings from Harvard University, whose…
In April 1957, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Farrington Daniels “to recognize distinguished services…
In 1957, the term agribusiness was coined by Harvard Business School’s Ray Goldberg.
In 1956, Dr. David Hume, a pioneer transplant surgeon, was appointed chairman and professor of surgery at The…
In 1953, William P. Murphy, Jr., an American doctor working with colleague Carl Walter, developed the blood bag…
In 1952, Felix Bloch at Stanford University and Edward Mills Purcell at Harvard University were awarded the Nobel…
In 1950, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear was founded to fight blindness by developing…
In 1949, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Arthur B. Lamb ‘for his numerous contributions…
In 1949, at Harvard, John F. Enders, Ph.D., a Yale College graduate, Frederick C. Robbins, M.D., and Thomas…
In 1947, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Warren K. Lewis by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1946, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Roger Adams by the American Chemical Society “to recognize distinguished…
In 1944, the the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to James B. Conant “to recognize distinguished…
In 1940, Edwin Cohn, a professor of biological chemistry at Harvard Medical School, developed cold ethanol fractionation, the…
On Aug. 26, 1938, Robert Gross then Chief Resident in Surgery at Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, performed…
In 1934, William Perry Murphy, who shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine for discoveries concerning liver therapy in…