Wikipedia:WikiProject Stanford University/SRI timeline

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Name Class year Notability References
Smog research 1947 Air Pollution Control Act, National Air Pollution Symposium, Paul Magill [1]
Cancer research 1956 SRI Center for Cancer and Metabolism, Tumor Glycome Laboratory, Trans-NIH Alliance of Glycobiologists for Detection of Cancer and Cancer Risk, Targretin (bexarotene), Tirapazamine, TAS-108, PDX (pralatrexate), SR16157, Tumor hypoxia [2]
Laser Photocoagulation for Ophthalmology 1960 Laser coagulation, Coherent, Inc. (spin-off?) [3]
Anti-viral: Vidarabine 1965 Vidarabine [4]
Malaria Treatment: Halofantrine 1965 Halofantrine (Halfan), History of malaria, Antimalarial medication, William Colwell [5]
Eyetracker 1965 Eye tracking, Fourward Technologies, Hewitt Crane [6]
Acoustic Modem 1966 Deafnet [7]
Environmental Causes of Lung Disease 1970 Emphysema, Chronic obstructive lung disease [8]
Deafnet 1978 Deafnet [9]
Ultrasound for Medical Diagnostics 1980 Medical ultrasonography#History [10]
Ozone Depletion Research 1980 Chlorofluorocarbon, Chlorine nitrate, Newcomb-Cleveland Award (best paper in Science magazine in 1987) [11]
Football Safety 1980 Injury scale, player conditioning, helmet design, rule changes; also (unrelated) suggested league reorg [12]
Blood Treatment: Hirudin 1980 Hirudin (developed method of extracting and purifying it) (patented its use as antithrombotic and anticoagulant agents) [13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Smog Research". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  2. ^ "Cancer Drug Discovery". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  3. ^ "Laser Photocoagulation for Ophthalmology". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  4. ^ "Anti-viral: Vidarabine". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  5. ^ "Malaria Treatment: Halofantrine". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  6. ^ "Eyetracker". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  7. ^ "Acoustic Modem". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  8. ^ "Environmental Causes of Lung Disease". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  9. ^ "Deafnet". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  10. ^ "Ultrasound". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  11. ^ "Ozone Depletion Research". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  12. ^ "Football Safety". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  13. ^ "Blood Treatment: Hirudin". SRI International. Retrieved 2014-03-24.