March of Dimes awards $250,000 prize to leaders in understanding embryonic development Philip A. Beachy, Ph.D., and Clifford J. Tabin, Ph.D. will share the 2008 March of Dimes Prize for their ...

Dr. Jaenisch's earliest breakthrough was the co-development of the first transgenic animals in the 1980s, when he worked with Beatrice Mintz, MD, a co-recipient of the first-ever March of Dimes Prize.

As the March of Dimes turns 80, ... After the vaccine’s development, new cases in the U.S. dropped to fewer than 1,000 by 1962, and no new cases have originated in the country since 1979.

1938 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the March of Dimes to fight polio. 1939 March of Dimes first chapter established in Coshocton, Ohio. 1941 Provides first iron lung to assist ...

The March of Dimes Foundation unexpectedly cut existing grant awards, jeopardizing research into 37 medical projects across the country, including two at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

A March of Dimes walk in 2007 helped Stacey Pewonka take the first steps toward healing after losing her ... Because important brain development continues through the last couple of weeks of ...

In 1949, University of Pittsburgh researcher, Dr. Jonas Salk, receives March of Dimes funding for his polio research. On April 12, 1955 the Salk vaccine is declared "safe, potent and effective".

But a great many others probably can and should be, says a statement released today by the March of Dimes. The agency has launched a petition calling for more attention to the growing problem of ...

The March of Dimes has a proud history, funding the development of the polio vaccine here in Pittsburgh and holding its first charity walk 50 years ago.