On Feb. 4, 2009, the presidents of the MGH, MIT and Harvard University announced the creation of the…
In 2009, The Wyss Institute was founded based on the belief that science has uncovered enough information about…
On Feb. 29, 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it had begun distribution…
In Jan. 2007, the sequencing of the horse genome project was completed. The initial goal of the Horse…
In 2007, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) was formed as an economic development and investment agency dedicated…
On Nov. 8, 2007, researchers from Brigham and Women’s and MIT’s Broad Institute and Harvard discovered a gene…
On Feb. 24, 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was informed by the only U.S.-licensed manufacturer…
In 2006, Stealth BioTherapeutics was established as an innovative biopharmaceutical company developing therapies to treat mitochondrial dysfunction associated…
On Oct. 4, 2004, the Nobel Assembly announced the award of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
In 2004, The Priestley Medal was awarded to Elias J. Corey, the Sheldon Emery Professor of Chemistry at…
In 2004, The Broad Institute was launched with a $100 million gift from Eli and Edythe Broad. Discussions…
In 2003, The Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies (ICB) was founded as an Army-sponsored University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)….
In 2003, The Broad Institute was announced with a $100 million gift from Eli and Edythe Broad. Discussions…
In 2002, digital diagnostic technology was developed with the creation of AQUA (Automated Quantitative Analysis) at Yale Cancer…
In 1999, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital developed fluorescent molecular probes that fluoresced upon contact with tumor enzymes,…
In 1998, Harvard Medical School-based scientists established the Institute of Chemistry and Cell Biology (ICCB), to facilitate the…
In 1998, Hematech was co-founded by University of Massachusetts researcher Jim Robl, relocated to Sioux Falls. Dr. Robl…
On Dec. 2, 1993, Dana-Farber scientists identified the gene that causes an inherited form of colon cancer, which…
In 1993, Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers discovered the Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) molecule, implicated in diabetic…
In 1993, Harvard Medical School Genetics researcher Gary Ruvkun co-discovered small regulatory RNAs (microRNAs), which led to RNA…
In 1993, the Baim Institute was first founded as the Cardiovascular Data Analysis Center (CDAC) by Donald S….
In 1990, The Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research (WICGR) was founded. The institute soon became an international…
In 1989, Abbott Bioresearch Center was founded as the local Massachusetts site of Abbott Laboratories, adjacent to the…
On Apr. 12, 1988, the Harvard Mouse created by molecular geneticists led by Philip Leder created the first…
On Jun. 5, 1986, Genzyme launched an Initial Public Offering (IPO) at $10 a share, and raised $28.3…
On Oct. 11, 1985, scientists in Canada and Massachusetts reported discovering the first genetic marker for the widespread…
In 1985, telomerase was discovered by University of California, Berkeley graduate student Carol Greider, as well as Elzabeth…
In 1983, a team of researchers, led by Dr. James Gusella from Harvard Medical School, announced they had…
In 1983, Henri Termeer became president of Genzyme Corporation. Termeer was previously a senior executive Baxter. Serving as…
In 1982, The Whitehead Institute, was founded as an independent research institution affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology…