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Till & McCulloch establish the foundation for stem cell science.
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In 1968, the first bone marrow transplant (adult stem cells) was successfully used in treatment of SCID
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1973 – moratorium on government financing for human embryo research
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1974: Congress Bans All Federally Funded Fetal Tissue Research
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1975: Ethics Advisory Board Established
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1980: President Reagan Kills Ethics Advisory Board
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1988: Federal Panel Approves Funding of Embryo Research
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1990: President George H.W. Bush Veto’s Bill Lifting Moratorium
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1990 – Congress voted to override the moratorium, vetoed by President Bush
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1993: President Clinton Executive Order Lifts Moratorium
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1994: President Clinton Reverses Order
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1995 – Congress banned federal funding
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1996 – The first mammal cloned from adult cells was Dolly, the sheep.
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In 1998, James Thomson (University of Wisconsin-Madison) isolated cells from the inner cell mass of the early embryo, and developed the first human embryonic stem cell lines.
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2001 – First cloned human embryos (only to six cell stage) created by Advanced Cell Technology (USA
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2004: President’s Council on Bioethic: “Monitoring Stem Cell Research” established
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2006: The International Society for Stem Cell Research releases its “Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research.”
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2007: Yamanaka and Thomson Independently Derive iPS Cells
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2008: The International Society for Stem Cell Research releases its new Guidelines for the Clinical Translation of Stem Cells
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On March 9, 2009, President Obama lifted the ban on federal funding of human embryonic stem cell line creation
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2010: Advanced Cell Technology Wins FDA Approval To Test Stem Cell Therapy For Degenerative Eye Disease