2014 Event Researchers announce a new orally-administered drug that may cure Hepatitis C; 90 percent of patients in trials were declared free of the virus after 12 weeks 2013 Event Scientists in Britain identify the mechanism causing human allergy to cats; they believe a general cure for the condition could be available in the next five years 2012 Event Four genetically different types of breast cancer are identified by researchers; the study, part of the Cancer Genome Atlas, will help scientists understand how to cure breast cancer in the future 1951 Birthday Clifford Leon Anderson, rocker, Cure 1949 Birthday John Christopher Parry, rocker, Cure 1939 Birthday Seamus Heaney, born in Ireland, poet, writer, poetry professor at the University of Oxford, Nobel Prize in Literature recipient, wrote play The Cure at Troy, Seeing Things, The Spirit Level, Beowulf: A New Translation 1930 Event University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention and cure of athlete's foot 1854 Birthday William Crawford Gorgas, U.S., Surgeon-Gen, help cure yellow fever 1692 Event Edward Bishop is jailed for proposong flogging as cure for witchcraft
