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BioHistory Moment: First U.S. patent signed by President George Washington

First U.S. patent signed by President George Washington

On July 31, 1790 Samuel Hopkins was issued the first patent under the new U.S. patent statute signed into law by President Washington on April 10, 1790. The statute created a committee that included the Secretary of State, Secretary of War and Attorney General who were authorized to make a decision on the merit of a properly documented petition. The patent, for a process of making potash, an ingredient used in fertilizer was signed by President George Washington. The original document is in the collections of the Chicago Historical Society.

Hopkins also received the first "Canadian" patent from the Parliament of Lower Canada in 1791, issued "by the Governor General in Council to Angus MacDonnel, a Scottish soldier garrisoned at Quebec City, and to Samuel Hopkins, for processes to make potash and soap from wood ash.

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Learn about Seattle's Life Science Incubator Facility

PNDRI Building, First Hill, Seattle, WA. Seattle's Life Science Incubator Research facility was commissioned in 1988, and is a contemporary-designed building provided with modern research systems. Four floors are specifically laboratory space, one floor is a fully equipped vivarium and one floor is clinical space and management offices. The faciility is centrally located in close proximity to downtown Seattle, the University of Washington, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and more.

Learn about this and other biotechnology, medical device and pharmaceutical facilities available for sale, lease or sublease in South Carolina, regionally or nationwide.

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  • Icagen - Pfizer pain collaboration reaches first-in-man milestones  Icagen provided an update on its sodium channel program for pain and related disorders, which is being conducted in collaboration with Pfizer.
    Icagen, Inc.  July 29, 2010  


  • CryoLife posts record second quarter revenues and operating income  Revenues for the second quarter increased 4 percent to a second quarter record of $29.3 million compared to $28.2 million for the second quarter of 2009.
    CryoLife, Inc.  July 29, 2010  


  • Bayer increases sales and earnings in the second quarter  The Bayer Group once again achieved gains in sales and earnings in the second quarter of 2010. MaterialScience has left the crisis behind and saw business expand more strongly than expected.
    Bayer  July 29, 2010  


  • NIH-Funded researchers make progress toward regenerating tissue to replace joints   A team of NIH-funded researchers has successfully regenerated rabbit joints using a cutting edge process to form the joint inside the body. Regenerative in vivo procedures are performed by stimulating previously irreparable organs or tissues to heal themselves.
    National Institutes of Health  July 29, 2010  


  • Helicos BioSciences announces first evidence of RNA copying mechanisms in human cells  Helicos announced publication demonstrating the detection and quantification of novel small RNA molecules using single-molecule sequencing technology. These data confirm a long-held, unproven hypothesis that mammalian cells are capable of synthesizing RNA by copying RNA molecules directly.
    Helicos BioSciences Corporation  July 29, 2010  


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Learn About South Carolina's BioHistory

Learn About South Carolina's BioHistory Why is there a life science industry in South Carolina? Is the industry growing? What do other states have?

Through South Carolina BioHistory, you can learn about the scientists, institutions, political leaders, and significant events that have shaped and are still shaping the biotechnology, medical device and life science industry in South Carolina.

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BioEvolution Posters

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July: Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month

The Arthritis Foundation is the only national not-for-profit organization that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions.

Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the foundation helps people take control of arthritis by providing public health education; pursuing public policy and legislation; and conducting evidence-based programs to improve the quality of life for those living with arthritis.

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BioFact

(1889) - The vedalia beetle (aka lady bug) is introduced from Australia to California to control cottonycushion scale, a pest that was ruining the state's citrus groves, the first scientific use of biological control for pest management in North America.


It's a Small World

  Clostridium Difficile Bacteria (Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr) Clostridium Difficile Bacteria (Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr)  

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"Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science."

-  Henri Poincare
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