Medical Discoveries of Generation Y

Medical Discoveries of Genetation Y

Period: Jan 1, 1981 to Jan 1, 2006

First Hepatitis B vaccine

Aug 24, 1981

http://www.hepb.org/hepb/vaccine_information.htm

Discovery of HIV

Jan 23, 1983

http://www.dallasvoice.com/who-discovered-hiv-gallo-montagnier-or-both-1021402.html

Dr. Mastroianni performs first successful human in vitro fertilization in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Aug 24, 1983

http://www.upenn.edu/emeritus/memoriam/Mastroianni.html

First vaccine for hepatitis A.

Jan 1, 1992

http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/vaccine-development-licensing-events

The first organism ever to be cloned from adult cells, was born.

Jul 5, 1996

http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/dolly96/dolly_module.html

First vaccine for lyme disease was created

Jan 1, 1998

http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/history-lyme-disease-vaccine

FDA licenses the first nucleic acid test intended for screening of blood and plasma donors.

Apr 30, 2001

https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/news/573/fda-approves-first-nucleic-acid-test-(nat)-systems-to-screen-plasma-for-human-immunodeficiency-virus-(hiv)-and-hepatitis-c-virus-(hcv)http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11694079

The first case of SARS is reported in Southern China

Nov 1, 2002

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92479/

First vaccine for human papillomavirus created

Jun 1, 2006

http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/hpv-vaccines-human-papillomavirus