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Cartoon Illustrating “The NIH and U.S. Healthcare in Crisis” Published

On Apr. 21, 2025, LifeScienceHistory.com published the cartoon: “The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Healthcare in…

U.S. biotechs warn tariffs could impede access to cures, stifle innovation

On Mar. 26, 2025, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) released results from a membership survey that underscores the…

First Comprehensive Assessment of Pando Aspen Clone Revealed Critical Threats

On Oct. 22, 2024, Utah State University researchers Paul Rogers and Darren McAvoy announced they have conducted the…

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Wellcome Sanger Institute completed DNA sequencing of wood-munching marauder Genome

On Sept. 13, 2024, researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute announced they had sequenced the genome of the…

UO received $10 million gift for life sciences research from Columbia Sportswear’s Tim and Mary Boyle

On Mar. 3, 2016, the University of Oregon (UO) announced receipt of a $10 million gift from Tim…

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Tree thieves and millowner Indicted for theft of “Music Wood” with DNA Evidence

On Aug. 6, 2015, a Winlock, Washington wood buyer and his lumber mill plead guilty in U.S. District…

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Mountain pine beetle genome was decoded

On Mar. 27, 2013, researchers at the University of British Columbia and Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre…

Utah State University Scientist Identified World’s Largest Organism

On Sept. 30, 2010, Utah State University geneticist Karen Mock announced that testing of a forest-size collection of…

National Space Biomedical Research Institute was established in Houston

In 1997, the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBR) was established in Houston through a NASA Cooperative Agreement….

The second Earth Day was celebrated by more than 225 million people

On Apr. 22, 1990, the second Earth Day was celebrated by more than 225 million people. The first…

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Bio-Care given permission to sell NoGall, and the world’s first genetically engineered microbe designed for outdoor use

In 1988, Bio-Care, a company based in Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia, was given permission by the…

Iowa State was the first university to field-test a genetically engineered tree (poplar implanted with a pest-resistance gene from a potato)

In 1987, Dr. Robert Thornburg at Iowa State University (ISU) prepared transgenic tobacco plants expressing a gene that…

EPA announced that outdoor genetically engineer release must get environmental approval

In 1984, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that if you genetically engineer any microbe intended for…

The Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science & Technology began at the University of Alberta

In 1982, the WISEST (Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science & Technology) began at the University of Alberta when…

Albert Einstein Cancer Center researchers identified the mechanism of action of Taxol

In 1976, Albert Einstein Cancer Center researchers identified the mechanism of action of Taxol, one of the most…

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned DDT

On Jun. 14, 1972, an end to the continued domestic usage of the pesticide DDT was decreed when…

Earth Day was held for the first time

On Apr. 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was held and the modern environmental movement was born. A…

A proposal to establish “Earth Day” was submitted to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

On Oct. 3, 1969, a proposal to establish “Earth Day” was submitted by John McConnell to Peter Tamaris…

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The National Seed Storage Laboratory opens in Fort Collins, Colorado

In 1958, the National Seed Storage Laboratory (NSSL), the first long-term seed storage facility in the world, opened…

USDA Forest Service Spayed DDT to Control spruce budworm in Oregon Forest

In Jul. 1955, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) sprayed DDT as…

The Alberta Research Council was founded

In 1921, the Alberta Research Council (ARC), was founded by a provincial government Order-in-Council as the Scientific and…

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The University of Colorado was founded

In 1876, the University of Colorado (CU), and includes three unique campuses — Boulder, Colorado Springs, and the…

The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (Virginia Tech) opened it’s doors

On Oct. 1, 1872, the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (Virginia Tech) was founded. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute…

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