DNA Pioneers

Our Hero DNA recognize Francis Crick,  Maurice Wilkins, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin for their determination of the structure of DNA.

Life Science News, Companies, Jobs, and More!

Since 1997, our focus has been to provide the best resource to information related to the life science industry. LifeScienceHistory.com, our new site, is a resource for history-making life science news, company information, job opportunities, original cartoons and so much more!

Today in Life Science

Access a comprehensive, ‘daily-updated directory’ of life science companies located throughout Canada and the U.S., all password free.

If you are a life science company or non-profit research organization that has been omitted from the directory, we apologize. To be included or to submit updates, please email your company or organization information to: info@LifeScienceHistory.com.

News & History

Peruse breaking news from today and last week, as well as discoveries, events and news from last year and beyond.

Egypt is certified malaria-free by WHO

On Oct. 20, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had certified Egypt as malaria-free, marking a significant public health milestone for a country with more than 100 million inhabitants. The achievement follows a nearly 100-year effort by the…

Source of Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda remains unknown

On Oct. 18, 2024, the World Health Organization reported that as of October 17, a total of 62 Marburg virus disease (MVD) cases, including 15 deaths, were reported in Rwanda, with forty-three recoveries. MVD is a highly virulent disease that…

Doctors Discovered New Medical Condition Unique to Breakdancers

On Oct. 16, 2024, a researchers at Copenhagen University Hospital reported in a medical case report that a breakdancer who’d been performing for 19 years was treated for “headspin hole”, a condition also known as “breakdancer bulge” that’s unique to…

Toons & Teasers

Enjoy our original cartoons from today and historical cartoons from yesterday illustrating COVID-19, scientific advancements, health crisis, pioneering scientists, the FDA, regulations and other topics.

COVID-19 Heroes and Remembrance

Our Heroes and Remembrance illustration has Maurice Ralph Hilleman and John Enders, pioneering developers of common vaccines, and…

Explore the invisible world around you – science at the microscale and nanoscale, one-billionth of a meter or about one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair.

We have compiled a wide range of imagery that we hope stimulates your curiosity and interest in the invisible life science world. Current branches of microscopy range from electron, transmission and scanning to ultrafast, low-energy, photoemission, atomic beam and more.

If you have a microscopic image that you want to share, please e-mail: info@LifeScienceHistory.com

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"What drugs will not cure, the knife will; what the knife will not cure, the cautery will; what the cautery will not cure must be considered incurable."

~ Hippocrates, Greek physician
(c. 460-377 BCE)