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6000 BCE
Yogurt and Cheese
Yogurt and cheese made with lactic acid
producing bacteria by various cultures. -
500 BCE
Soybean
Moldy soybean curds used as an antibiotic. -
100 BCE
Chrysanthemum
Chinese use Chrysanthemum as a natural insecticide. -
Bacteria and Protozoa
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers and describes
bacteria and protozoa. -
Viral Vaccine
Edward Jenner uses first viral vaccine to inoculate
a child from smallpox. -
Protein
Protein discovered, named and recorded by
Gerardus Johannes Mulder and Jons Berzelius -
Fermentaion
Louis paesteur discovers the bacterial origin
of fermentation. -
Inheritance
Greogor Mendal discovers the laws of inheritance. -
Trout Sperm
Friedrich Miescher identifies DNA in the sperm of a trout -
Staining Bacteria
Robert Koch develops a technique for staining bacteria for identification. -
Bacteria Vaccine
Louis Pasteur develops vaccines against bacteria
that caused cholera and anthrax chickens. -
Rabies Vaccine
Louis Pasteur and Emile Roux developed the first rabies vaccines and use it on Joseph Meister. -
Biotechnology
Karl Ereky, a Hungarian agricultural engineer, first uses the word biotechnology. -
Duplication of Bacteria
Alexander Fleming notices that a certain mold could stop the duplication of bacteria. -
Structure of DNA
James D. Watson and Francis Crick describe the structure of DNA. -
Bionics
The term bionics was coined by Jack E. Steele. -
Recombinant DNA
Stanley Norman Cohen and Herbert Boyer perform the first successful recombinant DNA experiment using bacterial genes. -
Monoclonal Antibodies
Method for producing monoclonal antibodies developed by Kohler and Cesar Milstein. -
Specific Mutations
North Carolina scientists Clyde Hutchison and Marshall Edgell show it is possible to introduce specific mutations at specific sites in a DNA molecule. -
Gene Cloning
The U.S. patent for gene cloning is awarded to Cohen and Boyer. -
Gene Therapy Treatment
First federally approved gene therapy treatment is preformed successfully on a young girl who suffered from an immune disorder. -
Flvr Savr Tomato
The United States Food and Drug Administration approves the first GM food: the “Flvr Savr” tomato. -
Dolly the Sheep
British scientist, led by Ian Wilmut from the Roslin Institute, report cloning Dolly the sheep using DNA from two adult sheep cells. -
Human Genome
Completion of a “rough draft” of the human genome in the Human Genome Project. -
Human Genome Project is Completed
The Human Genome Project is completed providing information on the locations and sequence of human genes on all 46 chromosomes. -
Kibo
Japanese astronomers launched the first Medical Experiment Module called “Kibo”, that was used on the International Space Station. -
Synthetic Life
Dr. J. Craig Venter announces completion of “synthetic life” by transplanting synthetic genome capable of self-replication into a recipient bacterial cell. -
Synthetic Cell
J. Craig Venter created the first synthetic cell. -
Skin Cells
Researchers in Japan developed functional human liver tissue from reprogrammed skin cells. -
Infection Vaccine
Doctors discovered a vaccine that totally blocks infection altogether in the monkey equivalent of the disease a breakthrough that is now being studied to see if it works in humans.
