Thousands of previously unknown proteins discovered
On May 6, 2026, a group of international researchers announced they had discovered 1,700 new proteins. The research…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Imaging | Medical Device | Nanotechnology | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
Imaging technique shows new details of peptide structures
On Apr. 26, 2024, engineers at Washington University in St. Louis announced a new imaging technique that give…
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Constant Therapeutics announced start of phase 2 trial of peptide drug TXA127 for COVID-19
On Jul. 29, 2020, Constant Therapeutics announced that its peptide drug TXA127, a pharmaceutical formulation of the natural…
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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…
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The first recombinant vaccine for humans, a vaccine for hepatitis B, was approved
In May 1986, the vaccine Recombivax HB, which protects against hepatitis B infection, was approved for marketing in…
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Robert Bruce Merrifield awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
In 1984, Robert Bruce Merrifield, a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles (Ph.D. 1949) was…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
The first biotech drug, human insulin produced in genetically modified bacteria, was approved by FDA
On Oct. 28, 1982, after only 5 months of review, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved…
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The Nobel Laureate in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Frederick Sanger, Walter Gilbert and to Paul Berg for gene cloning
In 1980, the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Frederick Sanger and Walter Gilbert for “for…
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Genentech successfully cloned the gene encoding human insulin in E. coli Bacteria
On Sept. 6, 1978, Genentech, the most successful of the new biotech start-up companies, announced that scientists at…
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At the University of Toronto, the first external cardiac pacemaker was implanted in a dog
In 1950, in Room 64 of the Banting Institute at the University of Toronto, Drs. Wilfred Bigelow and…
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Dr Frederick Banting and Dr J MacLeod win the Nobel Prize for their work isolating insulin
In 1923, Dr. Frederick Banting and Dr. J. MacLeod win the Nobel Prize for their work isolating insulin.
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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 and…
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Emil Fischer Coined the Term ‘Peptide’
On Sept. 22, 1902, Emil Fischer introduced the name peptides (from pepsis = digestion or peptones = digestion…
