SRI demonstrated the use of human liver tissue to test the safety of new drugs and established a liver tissue bank as an alternative to animal testing.
The liver tissue bank was established in 1983, making it the first such facility in the world operated as a regular service.
The U.S. Department of Education issues a second five-year grant to SRI to provide students with disabilities free public education programs tailored to specific needs.
SRI examined how severe weather causes closures of early childhood education program sites while overburdening others, prompting a call to recognize the importance of these critical services and increase support.
Ochoa logged nearly 1,000 hours in space, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.