George and Jane Russell awarded E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement Medal
In 1997, The Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement would be…
In 1997, The Fred Hutchinson Business Alliance announced that the E. Donnall Thomas Medal of Achievement would be…
On Dec. 30, 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had licensed three DTaP vaccines for…
On Nov. 15, 1996, for the first time, scientists pinpointed the location of a gene they believe is…
On Oct. 25, 1996, the first gene therapy trial for patients with Hunter syndrome was begun at the…
On Oct. 2, 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a combined Hib conjugate and hepatitis B…
On Jul. 31, 1996, the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed (Tripedia by Aventis Pasteur)…
On Apr. 12, 1996, Ribozyme Pharmaceuticals announced an initial public offering of 2,000,000 shares of its Common Stock…
On Mar. 15, 1996, Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) corn, was first introduced by Monsanto and adopted in the United…
On Jan. 29, 1996, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Carol M. Browner took the last steps concluding a…
In January 1996, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved anastrozole (Arimidex) as a treatment for breast…
On Jan. 2, 1996, Stanford Medicine researchers announced they had discovered that the p53 protein, known to be…
In 1996, the first genetically engineered crop was commercialized. The first genetically modified plant was produced a short…
In 1996, the first official case of devil tumor facial disease was reported. Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD)…
In June 1996, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved irinotecan for the treatment of patients with…
In 1996, the American Cancer Society reported that the overall age-adjusted cancer mortality rate declined in each succeeding…
In 1996, food poisoning in the U.S. cost an estimated $22 billion, according to a congressional study. In…
In 1996, the National Research Council issued the nation’s first precollege science education standards, a blueprint for engaging…
In 1996, deCODE genetics was funded in Reykjavik, Iceland. deCODE is a global leader in analyzing and understanding…
In 1996, A/goose/Guangdong/1/1996 (H5N1), the precursor of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza viruses (HPAIVs) was identified in…
In 1996, Livermore National Lab delivered to the U.S. Army for testing the first fully portable, battery-powered, real-time…
In 1996, the Burnham Institute was named to honor the generosity of Roberta and Malin Burnham and their…
In 1996, Stanford Medicine developmental biologist Matthew Scott and a team at University of California, San Francisco discovered…
On Dec. 11, 1996, scientists from Stanford University and Affymetrix announced a new high-tech method that used a…
In 1996, the National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC), a growing coalition of people battling cervical cancer and HPV…
In 1996, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA). NORA…
In 1996, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found evidence of tobacco smoke exposure in…
In 1996, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched PulseNet, a national network of laboratories,…
In 1996, the University of Hawaii Cancer Center (UH) received National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designation. The Center’s mission is…
In 1996, the University of Maryland Cancer Center was renamed Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. In…
In 1996, the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) at Johns Hopkins University received National Cancer Institutes (NCI). The…