Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar
On Oct. 7, 2015, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 was awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Francis Crick…
Southwestern lung cancer researcher Dr John Minna named Giant of Cancer Care
On Oct. 6, 2015, Cancer biologist Dr. John Minna, with the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at…
Rice announced $150 million in strategic research initiative
On Sept. 21, 2015, Rice University announced an investment of more than $150 million in strategic initiatives aimed…
Stephen J Elledge and Evelyn M Witkin received Lasker Award
On Sept. 18, 2015, Stephen J. Elledge from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Evelyn M. Witkin from Rutgers…
Scripps Research Institute received $5.65 million gift from San Diego philanthropist Helen Dorris
On Sept. 16, 2015, The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced it had received a $5.65 million gift from…
The Scripps Research Institute received $125 million challenge gift
On Sept. 14, 2015, The Scripps Research Institute announced it had received a $12.5 million challenge grant from…
MD Anderson immunologist Jim Allison won Lasker-DeBakey Award
On Sept. 8, 2015, MD Anderson Cancer Center announced that Jim Allison, Ph.D., chair of Immunology received the…
UNMC Truhlsen Eye Institute received Cochrane Eyes and Vision Center for Evidence-based Medicine designation
On Aug. 28, 2015, the Truhlsen Eye Institute at the UNMC was selected as only the second institute…
First-ever octopus genome sequenced
On Aug. 12, 2015, the Cephalopod Sequencing Consortium announced the first-ever sequencing of the entire octopus genome. Researchers…
ACIP published recommendations for yellow fever booster doses
On Jun. 19, 2015, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) published recommendations for yellow fever booster doses.
Ground was broken for the MSU Grand Rapids Research Center
On Jun. 18, 2015, a new era of medical discovery began when ground was broken for the MSU…
Genome of 8,500-year-old North American skeleton, known as Kennewick Man, was sequenced
On Jun. 18, 2015, a study, “The Ancestry and Affiliations of Kennewick Man” in the journal Nature, based…
ACIP published recommendations for use of serogroup B meningococcal vaccines in people age ten years and older at increased risk
On Jun. 12, 2015, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) published recommendations for use of serogroup B meningococcal…
American Medical Association adopted policyﾠthat supported ending non-medical vaccine exemptions
On Jun. 8, 2015, the American Medical Association adopted a new policyﾠthat recommended that states have in place…
Washington Life Science History
Washington Life Science History is a poster that illustrates significant events in the development of the life science…
The UT Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care was established with a $5 million Hersh Foundation gift
On May 18, 2015, The Hersh Foundation annunced a $5 million lead gift to Southwestern Medical Foundation to…
First patient diagnosed through the 100,000 Genomes Project in the United Kingdom
On Mar. 11, 2015, the National Health Service (NHS) announced that Patients in the NHS had begun receiving…
The first biosimilar Zarxio (Filgrastim-sndz) was approved by the FDA
On Mar. 6, 2015, the FDA approved filgrastim-sndz (Zarxio, Sandoz, Inc.), the first biosimilar product available in the…
The first-ever World Birth Defects Day was observed
On Mar. 3, 2015, the first-ever World Birth Defects Day was observed with the support of 12 organizations….
The Human Vaccines Project was launched
On Feb. 17, 2015, the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced it had received a grant of US…
Researchers announced they had sequenced the genomes of all 15 species of Darwin’s finches
On Feb. 11, 2015, researchers announced they had sequenced the genomes of all 15 species of Darwin’s finches,…
NIH announced formation of All of Us Research program
In 2015, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced The All of Us Research Program, a historic effort…
FDA approved Novo Nordisk’s injection for obesity
On Dec. 23, 2014, Novo Nordisk the FDA approved a formulation of Novo Nordiskﾒs diabetes drug, liraglutide, for…
FDA approved the use of Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine in the US
On Dec. 11, 2014, Merck announced that the FDA had approved GARDASILﾮ9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant), Merckﾒs…
Ford Family Foundation awarded $5 million grant to advance the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s rural outreach
On Nov. 5, 2014, the Ford Family Foundation announced a $5 million grant to the Knight Cancer Institute…
FDA approved the use of Trumenba in the US to prevent serogroup B meningococcal disease
On Oct. 29, 2014, Pfizer announced the FDA has granted accelerated approval of TRUMENBAﾮ (meningococcal group B vaccine)…
The annual World Thrombosis Day was launched
On Oct. 13, 2014, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis launched the annual World Thrombosis Day World…
Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue Medical Center and UNMC Physicians renamed Nebraska Medicine
On Oct. 13, 2014, the Nebraska Medical Center, Bellevue Medical Center and UNMC Physicians – once three separate…
OSU, Cardinal Health, State of Ohio complete $13 million advance medical imaging facility
On Oct. 8, 2014, Ohio State University, Cardinal Health and State of Ohio Third Frontier Commission announced completion…
May-Britt Moser won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for helping discover cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.
On Oct. 6, 2014, May-Britt Moser won a share of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…