Biotechnology

By kacybushman
  • 3000 BCE

    Egyptians

    Egyptians
    The Egyptians used yeast to brew beer and to bake bread. Also, the Mesopotamia people used bacteria to convert wine into vinegar. The Egyptians made use of intra-vaginal contraceptives from natural resources. They also produced papyrus with the help of microorganisms from the Nile river water
  • 420 BCE

    Greeks

    Greeks
    The Greeks exploited tiny organisms that live in the earth by rotating crops in the field to increase crop yields. They didn't know why it worked. Theosophists - an ancient Greek who lived 2,300 years ago - swore that broad beans left magic in the soil.
  • 9 BCE

    Romans

    Romans
    The Romans created the roman numerals, which are still used today, to help to tell time, as well as many other things having to do with the medical field.
  • 1500

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    During the Renaissance period, the violin, viola, and cello were first made in the 16th century. they were made in Italy.

  • 17th Century

    17th Century
    During the 17th century, Jean-Baptiste Denys was the first person to have a fully documented xenotransfusion, which was blood being transferred between a non-human animal and a human.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    Edward Jenner is considered the founder of vaccinology. In the year 1796, he inoculated a thirteen year old boy with vaccine virus (cowpox) which demonstrated immunity to cowpox.

  • Human Genetics

    Human Genetics
    Walter Sutton was an american geneticist who developed the chromosome theory of heredity which means that certain elements in chromosomes transfer from one generation to another.

  • Converting Starch

    Converting Starch
    1. Cham Weizmann converted Starch into ethanel and acetone.

  • "Biotechnology"

    "Biotechnology"
    In 1919, Karl Ereky was the first person to coin the term "biotechnology" and he is named as the "father" of biotechnology. He also did the production of raw materials with the aid of living organisms.

  • Penicillin

    Penicillin
    In 1938, Alexander Fleming extracted penicillin from mold, and he made the first antibiotic.

  • Animal cells

    Animal cells
    In 1945, animal cells began to be harvested in labs, and the continuation of this experiment kept going until around 1950.

  • Madcow

    Madcow
    In 1999, the Mad Cow disease spread to humans, which was, although rare, still very lethal.