Wistar Institute: Timeline of key events
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Date | Event | People | Places | Sciences |
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Apr 2004 | US FDA approved new imaging agent for detecting difficult to diagnose cases of appendicitis | Wistar Institute, Palatin Technologies | Monoclonal antibodies | |
May 2004 | Study published demonstrating feasibility of using insect-derived antimicrobial peptice as drug-delivery vehicle | Otvos | Wistar Institute | |
Feb 2005 | Enzyme Ubp10 demonstrated to protect the genome from potential destabilising molecular events | Berger, Emre | Wistar Institute | DNA, Genetics |
2006 | Vaccine approved for preventing rotavirus, a major kiler of children | Plotkin, Clark, Offit | Wistar Institute | Vaccines, Virology, Infectious diseases |
15 Nov 2006 | New enzyme identified as suppressor of p53 protein, a key molecule for controlling cancer in humans | Berger | Wistar Institute, Vienna Biocenter | Oncology, p53 |
13 Nov 2007 | Inappropriate activation of telomerase, an enzyme, shown to be associated with uncontrollable proliferation of cells seen in human cancers | Skordalakes | Wistar Institute | Oncology |
2008 | Structure of telomerase, an enzyme that conserves the ends of chomosomes, was decoded | Wistar Institute | DNA, genetics | |
31 Jan 2008 | New vaccine delivery system unveiled for preventing viral diseases | Ertl | Wistar Institute | Vaccines, Virology |
4 May 2010 | Norman Klinman died in San Diego, California, USA | Klinman | Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania | Antibodies, Monoclonal antibodies, Immunology |
11 Apr 2013 | Hilary Koprowski died | Koprowski | Lederle Laboratories, Wistar Institute | Vaccines, Monoclonal antibodies, Infectious diseases |
23 Jun 2016 | FDA approved first clinical trial for zika virus vaccine | Weiner | Wistar Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, GeneOne Life Science, Public Health Agency of Canada | Vaccines, Virology, Infectious diseases |
Aug 2016 | Marker identified for myeloid-derived suppressor cells, a type of cell associated with tumour resistance to certain cancer treatments | Wistar Institute | Immunology, Cancer immunotherapy, Oncology | |
Apr 2004
US FDA approved new imaging agent for detecting difficult to diagnose cases of appendicitis
May 2004
Study published demonstrating feasibility of using insect-derived antimicrobial peptice as drug-delivery vehicle
Feb 2005
Enzyme Ubp10 demonstrated to protect the genome from potential destabilising molecular events
2006
Vaccine approved for preventing rotavirus, a major kiler of children
15 Nov 2006
New enzyme identified as suppressor of p53 protein, a key molecule for controlling cancer in humans
13 Nov 2007
Inappropriate activation of telomerase, an enzyme, shown to be associated with uncontrollable proliferation of cells seen in human cancers
2008
Structure of telomerase, an enzyme that conserves the ends of chomosomes, was decoded
31 Jan 2008
New vaccine delivery system unveiled for preventing viral diseases
4 May 2010
Norman Klinman died in San Diego, California, USA
11 Apr 2013
Hilary Koprowski died
23 Jun 2016
FDA approved first clinical trial for zika virus vaccine
Aug 2016
Marker identified for myeloid-derived suppressor cells, a type of cell associated with tumour resistance to certain cancer treatments
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