Cremation is considerably cheaper than an open funeral. The average cost, according to the Cremation Association of North America, is $1,650, which includes a memorial service. Without the memorial service, an average cremation is $725.
Using a strategy modeled after the LYMERix vaccine, which was pulled from the market in 2002 after four years of sales for allegedly causing damaging side effects, Gomes-Solecki and her team developed an oral solution with a different target: the white-footed mice.
1 1982: The first recombinant DNA vaccine for livestock is developed. 2  1982: The first biotech drug, human insulin produced in genetically modified bacteria, is approved by FDA. 3  Genentech and Eli Lilly developed the product. 4  1985: Genetic markers are found for kidney disease and cystic fibrosis.