The Rockefeller Foundation initiated international center for improvement of maize and wheat in Mexico
In 1964, the Mexican Agriculture Program (MAP) was the The Rockefeller Foundationﾒs first intensive agricultural endeavor begun in…
Live, further attenuated measles virus vaccine was licensed in the US
In 1964, live, further attenuated measles virus vaccine (Lirugen by Pitman Moore-Dow based on the Schwarz strain, derived…
A rubella epidemic swept the U.S. resulting in 125 million cases of rubella infection
In 1964, a rubella epidemic swept the U.S. resulting in 12.5 million cases of rubella infection, an estimated…
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her determinations of the structures of important biochemical substances
In 1964, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her determinations by X-ray techniques of…
Stanford Medicine demonstrated electrical stimulation of auditory nerve in deaf patients, paving the way for cochlear implants
In 1964 Stanford Medicine demonstrated electrical stimulation of auditory nerve in deaf patients, paving the way for cochlear…
Cook County Hospital’s Hektoen Institute opened in the former John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases
In 1964, Cook County Hospital’s Hektoen Institute opened in the former John McCormick Institute for Infectious Diseases, on…
Long-term human blood storage first made practical
In 1964, Massachusetts General Hospital made practical for the first time the long-term storage of human blood.