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Overview of the events of 1996 in science
The year 1996 in science and technology involved many significant events, listed below.
Astronomy and space exploration [ edit ] The cloning process that produced Dolly . Biology [ edit ] Chemistry [ edit ] Computer science [ edit ] Exploration [ edit ] Medicine [ edit ] March
July 7–12 – XI International AIDS Conference, 1996 , Vancouver , reports major advances in the management of HIV/AIDS including combination therapy (the "triple cocktail") using protease inhibitors .[28] opportunistic infections begin an effective antiviral regimen which greatly increases their immune system strength and therefore their health.[29]
New variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease first identified in humans, in the United Kingdom.[30]
Montreal Cognitive Assessment is created by Ziad Nasreddine in Montreal , Quebec .[31] Donepezil (Aricept), a palliative treatment for moderate Alzheimer's disease , is approved in the United States.[32] [33] [34] Sildenafil (Viagra), a treatment for erectile dysfunction , is patented by Pfizer .[35] Meteorology [ edit ] Philosophy [ edit ] Technology [ edit ] Zenith introduces the first HDTV -compatible front projection television in the United States. Broadcasters, TV & PC manufacturers set industry standards for digital HDTV.[41] APS film format is introduced.[42] Publications [ edit ] January 12 – Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (b. 1903 ), Dutch mathematician .[52]
February 20 – Solomon Asch (b. 1907 ), Polish American social psychologist .[53]
March 19 – Chen Jingrun (b. 1933 ), Chinese mathematician.[54]
March 26 – David Packard (b. 1912 ), American electrical engineer.[55]
June 6 – George Davis Snell (b. 1903), American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist .[56]
June 17 – Thomas Kuhn (b. 1922 ), American philosopher of science.[57]
August 1 – Tadeusz Reichstein (b. 1897 ), Polish-Swiss winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry .[58]
August 9 – Sir Frank Whittle (b. 1907), English aeronautical engineer .[59]
August 12 – Victor Ambartsumian (b. 1908 ), Soviet Armenian theoretical astrophysicist.[60]
September 1 – Karl Kehrle (Brother Adam) (b. 1898 ), British Benedictine monk and beekeeper .[61]
September 10 – Hans List (b. 1896 ), Austrian inventor.[62]
September 20 – Paul Erdős (b. 1913 ), Hungarian-born mathematician.[63]
October 5 – Seymour Cray (b. 1925 ), American supercomputer architect.[64]
November 13 – Bobbie Vaile (b. 1959 ), Australian astrophysicist.[65]
November 19 – Grace Bates (b. 1914 ), American mathematician.[66]
November 21 – Abdus Salam (b. 1926 ), Punjabi-born winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics .[67]
December 20 – Carl Sagan (b. 1934 ), American astronomer .[68] References [ edit ]
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"A controlled trial of two nucleoside analogues plus indinavir in persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection" . The New England Journal of Medicine 337 (11): 725–33. doi :10.1056/NEJM199709113371101 PMID 9287227 . S2CID 24043435 . ^ Engel, Jonathan (2006). The Epidemic ISBN 978-0-06-114488-2 ^ Will, R. G.; Ironside, J. W.; Zeidler, M.; Estibeiro, K.; Cousens, S. N.; Smith, P. G.; Alperovitch, A.; Poser, S.; Pocchiari, M.; Hofman, A. (1996). "A new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK". The Lancet . 347 (9006): 921–925. doi :10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91412-9 . PMID 8598754 . S2CID 14230097 . ^ Nasreddine, Z. S.; et al. (2005). "The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: a brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment". Journal of the American Geriatric Society . 53 (4): 695–9. doi :10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.53221.x . PMID 15817019 . S2CID 9014589 . ^ Hofmann, M.; Hock, C. (2001). "Alzheimer's Disease: Antidementive Drugs". 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