On Aug. 15, 1988, a program advisory committee on the human genome was established to advise the National…
In 1988, James C. Wang discovered DNA topoisomerases, which led to greater understanding of enzymes’ role in biological…
On Jun. 26, 1987, it was announced that the National Center for Health Statistics ﾠ(NCHS) had become an…
In 1987, The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, one of the first formal postdoctoral research…
In 1987, Livermore biomedical researchers began studying human chromosome 19. At the same time, Los Alamos began efforts…
In 1987, Eli Lilly and Company introduced Humulin insulin identical to that produced by the human body. Humulin…
In 1987, Boston Children’s Hospital researcher Lous Kunkel and his colleagues discovered the gene that causes Duchenne muscular…
In 1987, construction was completed on the Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research in Portland. The institute is…
In 1987, the University of Virginia Cancer Center (UVA), now known as the UVA Health Cancer Center, received…
On Jun. 5, 1986, Genzyme launched an Initial Public Offering (IPO) at $10 a share, and raised $28.3…
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan designated the month of March as Hemophilia Awareness Month to bring attention to…
In 1986, The University of Utah Cancer program earned National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation as a Cancer Center,…
In 1986, Dr. Marilyn Hughes Gaston while deputy branch chief of the Sickle Cell Disease Branch at the…
On Nov. 20, 1985, the Health Research Extension Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-158) was signed into law by…
On Oct. 18, 1985, Genentech received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of its first medicine, Protropin…
On Aug. 29, 1985, Dr. Jack Copeland, a cardiac surgeon at University Medical Center (now Banner—University Medical Center…
On Mar. 4, 1985, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee M. Thomas announced final standards to cut…
In 1985, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) was founded in Pittsburgh. UPCI has 320 faculty members…
In 1985, nerve-sparing prostatectomy, designed to preserve potency and urinary continence, was introduced. This procedure resulted in markedly…
In 1985, Lumpectomy plus radiation therapy was found equivalent to mastectomy for early breast cancer. Lumpectomy followed by…
In 1985, the HER2 oncogene was discovered by Axel Ullrich, a young scientist at Genentech. The new oncogene…
In 1985, Dr. Anthony Pawson discovered the SH2 protein domain involved in controlling cell behavior, leading to targeted…
In 1985, Michael Stuart Brown from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas was awarded the…
On May 23, 1984, U.S. Surgeon General reported that there was “very solid” evidence linking cigarette smoke to…
On Mar. 8, 1984, two articles describing the cloning of the T-Cell Receptor (TCR) by Tak Wah Mak…
On Feb. 14, 1984, the world’s first successful combined heart-liver transplant was performed in Pittsburgh at UPMC Children’s…
On Jan. 1, 1984, a University of Iowa College of Medicine research team headed by Dr. Antonio Damasio…
In 1984, the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) was selected as one of the original…
In 1984, University of California, San Diego Trauma Center (UC San Diego) joined with six other area hospitals…
In 1984, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers published their solution to chromosome painting that has been widely adopted….