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First recorded description of living cells
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Discovers and describes bacteria and protozoa.
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Uses viral vaccine to inoculate a child from small pox.
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Discovers that tissues are composed of living cells
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Discovers the bacterial origin of fermentation
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Discovers the laws of inheritance
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Identifies DNA in the sperm of a trout.
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Develops a technique for straining bacteria for identification.
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Discovered chromatin leading to the discovery of chromosomes.
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Develops vaccines against bacteria that causes cholera and anthrax in chickens.
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Developed the first rabies vaccine and it on Joseph Meister.
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Karl Ereky, a Hungarian agricultural engineer, first uses the word "Biotechnology".
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Notices that a certain mold could stop the duplication of bacteria
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Describe the structure of DNA
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Perform the first successful recombinant DNA experiment using bacterial genes.
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The U.S patent for gene cloning is awarded to Cohen and Boyer.
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Humulin, geneticist's human insulin drug produces by genetically engineered bacteria (treatment of diabetes) is the first biotech drug to be approved by the FDA
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First federally approved gene therapy treatment is performed successfully on a young girl who suffered from an immune disorder.
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The United States Food and Drug Administration approves the first GM food: the "Flavr Savr" tomato by Calgene.
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British scientists, led by Ian Wilmut from the Roslin Institute, report cloning Dolly the Sheep using DNA from two adult sheep cells.
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Completion of a "rough draft" of the human genome in the "Human Genome Project" (HGP).
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Celera Genomics and the Human Genome Project create a draft of the human genome sequence and have it published by Science and Nature Magazine.
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The Human Genome Project is completed, providing information on the locations and sequence of human genes on all 46 chromosomes.
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The first nanoradio is described by Alex Zeth
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Japanese astronomers launched the first medical experiment module called "Kibo", to be used on the International Space Station
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Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute uses modified SAN heart genes to create the first "viral pacemaker" in guinea pigs, now known as iSANS.
