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2012 BCE
eLEGS
In 2012, the californian company, Berkeley Bionics introduced to the world their new eLEGS exoeskeleton that helps to enhance the strength, mobility, and endurance of soldiers and paraplegics. -
2005 BCE
Grid cells in the brain
Grid cells in the brain are discovered by Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser
A grid cell is a type of neuron in the brains of many species that allows them to understand their position in space. -
1996 BCE
Successful cloning of mammals
Dolly, was a female domestic sheep, and the first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer -
1994 BCE
Genetically modified food
Commercial sale of genetically modified foods began in 1994, when Calgene first marketed its unsuccessful Flavr Savr delayed-ripening tomato -
1985 BCE
Cellular oncogenes
Between 1975 and 1985 a series of experiments demonstrated that cancer, whatever its causative agent, is due to the activation, by modification or overexpression, of a family of genes highly conserved during evolution, called the cellular oncogenes. -
1983 BCE
Polymerase chain reaction
The PCR was inventedin 1983. Is a technique used in molecular biology to amplify a single copy or a few copies of a piece of DNA across several orders of magnitude -
1982 BCE
Transgenic mouse
The creation of the first "transgenic animal" was accomplished by transferring a gene from one animal to the embryo of another a mouse -
1980 BCE
Rubella
In This year the first vaccine for Rubella was discovered
Effectiveness begins about two weeks after a single dose and around 95% of people become immune. Countries with high rates of immunization no longer see cases of rubella or congenital rubella syndrome -
1974 BCE
Fertilization
First totally successful fertilization of human ovum outside human body -
1967 BCE
First heart transplant
On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted a heart from a person who had just died from a head injury. He lived for eighteen days, even spending time with his wife, before he died of pneumonia
