Editing 2003 in science (section)

==Medicine==
*February 26 – A US businessman is diagnosed with the first known case of [[SARS]] in Hanoi, Vietnam, by [[World Health Organization|WHO]] doctor [[Carlo Urbani]].
*June – The concept of Acute Traumatic [[Coagulopathy]] (ATC) is introduced by Karim Brohi, Professor of [[Traumatology|Trauma Sciences]] at [[Queen Mary University of London]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brohi|first1=Karim|last2=Singh|first2=Jasmin|last3=Heron|first3=Mischa|last4=Coats|first4=Timothy|date=June 2003|title=Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy|url=http://insights.ovid.com/|journal=The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care|volume=54|issue=6|pages=1127–1130|doi=10.1097/01.TA.0000069184.82147.06|issn=0022-5282|pmid=12813333|s2cid=7583542 |doi-access=free}}</ref>
*October 16 – China becomes the first country to approve the commercial production of a [[gene therapy]].<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Pearson | first1=Sue | last2=Jia | first2=Hepeng | last3=Kandachi | first3=Keiko | title=China approves first gene therapy | journal=Nature Biotechnology | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=22 | issue=1 | year=2004 | issn=1087-0156 | doi=10.1038/nbt0104-3 | pages=3–4| pmid=14704685 | pmc=7097065 }}</ref>