SRI methods help develop EPA testing still used today.
Health
SRI innovations have improved and saved lives around the world for decades. Learn about our breakthroughs in diagnostic and surgical tools, cancer treatments, and more.
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Environmental test methods
Human liver tissue bank
The first human liver tissue bank for testing drugs on humans versus animals.
Deafnet
National telecommunications system raises awareness within the deaf community of email’s potential.
Environmental causes of lung disease
Foundational study helps establish air quality standards.
Acoustic modem
SRI scientists made vast improvements to the acoustically coupled modem, which had been invented elsewhere in the early 1960s.
Cancer research
SRI enters the ranks searching for possible anticancer agents–work that continues today.
Smog research
Healthier air for L.A. and the world
Laser photocoagulation for ophthalmology
A better way to look at eye surgery.
Anti-viral: Vidarabine
Drug originally intended to fight cancer discovered effective against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses.