2013 Event The U.S. Supreme Court invalides gene patents held by Myriad Genetics when it rules that isolated human genes are not patentable 2011 Event The World Health Organization announces the E. coli strain responsible for the 2011 E.coli O104:H4 outbreak had never before been isolated from patients 1987 Death Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor (isolated growth hormones), dies at 74 1978 Event Legionnaire's disease bacteria isolated in Atlanta 1953 Event 1st insulin isolated by F Banting and C Best in Toronto 1932 Event Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, University of Pittsburgh 1913 Birthday Choh Hao Li, bio-chemist professor, isolated growth hormones 1902 Event Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium 1886 Birthday Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone, Nobel 1950
