biotechnology

  • 1953

    1953
    James Watson and Francis Crick described the ADN structure
  • 1965

    1965
    Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Har Gobind Khorana y Robert W.Holley cracked the genetic code
  • 1972

    Paul Berg created the first recombinant ADN molecule in the laboratory
  • 1975

    1975
    An international group of scientists established a control to allow the transplantation of genes
  • 1976

    1976
    The first genetic company was founded in the USA
  • 1977

    A human hormone was manufactured in a bacterium
  • 1982

    1982
    In this year was created the first transgenic mouse
  • 1984

    1984
    Alec Jeffreys discovered the genetic footprint, it was first applied in medicine
  • 1990

    1990
    First successful treatment by gene therapy in children
  • 1994

    1994
    The first modified vegetable was put on the market this year
  • 1996

    1996
    Cloning of the Dolly sheep
  • PRESENT

    Today scientists realize tests to manufacture edible vaccines, so biotechnology has advanced a lot.
  • FUTURE

    FUTURE
    In the future we will be able to clone people and find new discoveries to keep moving forward.