The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology located Centres India and Italy
In 1984, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), the U.N. Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) bowed…
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The World Heath Organization announced that “smallpox has been eradicated from the world”
On May 8, 1980, members of the World Heath Organization (WHO) in Geneva announced that “smallpox had been…
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Allan Cormack of Tufts University and Godfrey Hounsfield of EMI Laboratories were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology
In 1979, South African-born physicist Allan Cormack of Tufts University and British engineer Godfrey Hounsfield of EMI Laboratories…
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The last naturally occurring case of smallpox in the world was diagnosed in Somalia
On Oct. 30, 1977, Ali Maow Maalin, a hospital cook in Merca, Somalia, was diagnosed with smallpox by…
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Outbreak in South Africa raises possibility of wild birds as a possible reservoir for influenza A viruses
In 1961, influenza virus was first isolated from wild birds in South Africa, from common terns (Sterna hirundo)….
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Johnson ﾠ&ﾠ Johnson established operations in Mexico and South Africa
In 1930, Johnsonﾠ&ﾠJohnson established operations in Mexico and South Africa.
