Bio medical Research timeline By Courtney Randolph Jan 1, 1945 Dr. Joseph Murray performs the first kidney transplant between identical twins. Nov 7, 1953 Dr. James Watson and Dr. Francis Crick reveal the 3-D structure of DNA. Sep 9, 1961 Scientists understand genetic code for the first time. Dec 18, 1964 The existence of reverse transcriptase is predicted. Nov 7, 1984 The DNA fingerprinting technique is developed. Jun 16, 1998 Human skin is produced for the first time in the lab. Jun 6, 1999 The complete genetic code of the human chromosome is deciphered. Nov 7, 2002 An era of very rapid shotgun sequencing of major genomes is completed. Jan 1, 2003 Celera and NIH complete sequencing of the human genome. Nov 7, 2007 Scientists discover how to use human skin cells to create embryonic stem cells.