The first human liver tissue bank for testing drugs on humans versus animals.
Pharmaceutical
Return to the Timeline of innovation.
Cancer research
SRI enters the ranks searching for possible anticancer agents–work that continues today.
Anti-viral: Vidarabine
Drug originally intended to fight cancer discovered effective against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses.
Malaria treatment: Halofantrine
Treatment for drug-resistant malaria saves countless lives.
Blood treatment: Hirudin
New treatment for blood clot prevention stems from peptide once only found in leeches.
Lymphoma treatment: Targretin® (bexarotene)
FDA approves treatment for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
Cancer treatment: Pralatrexate
FDA approval of treatment for peripheral T-cell lymphoma caps decades of SRI research.
