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6000 BCE
Yogurt & Cheese
Yogurt & Cheese were made with lactic-acid- producing bacteria by lot's of people. -
500 BCE
Soybeans as Antibiotic
Moldy Soybean curds were used as an antibiotic. -
100 BCE
Chrysanthemum as insecticide
The Chinese used chrysanthemum as a natural insecticide. -
Bacteria/Protozoa
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers and even describes protozoa and bacteria -
Vaccine for Smallpox
Edward Jenner uses the first viral vaccine to help keep a child safe from smallpox. -
Protein
Protein has been discovered, named and recorded by Gerardus Johannes Mulder and Jons Jacob Berzelius. -
Bacterial origin of fermentation
Louis Pasteur discovered the bacterial origin of fermentation. -
Laws of inheritance
Gregor Mendel actually 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. -
Vaccines for Cholera / anthrax
Louis Pasteur develops a vaccine for bacteria that causes cholera and anthrax. -
Rabies Vaccine
Louis Pasteur & Emile Roux developed the first Rabies vaccine and it was tested on Joseph Meister. -
The word Biotechnology
Karoly Ereky, a Hungarian agricultural engineer was the first person to use the word biotechnology. -
Penicillin
Alexander Fleming had noticed that a certain mould could stop the duplication of bacteris. This had lead to the first ever antibiotic, Penicillin. -
Structure of DNA
Francis Crick & James D. Watson describe the structure of DNA. -
Bionics
The term bionics is coined by Jack E. Steele. -
Recombinant DNA experiment.
Herbert Boyer and Stanley Norman Cohen perform the first successful recombinant DNA experiment, using bacterial genes. -
Monoclonal Antibodies
Method for producing monoclonal antibodies developed by Kohler and Cesar Milstein. -
Mutations in DNA molecule
NC Scientists Clyde Hutchison & Marshall Edgell showed that it is possible to introduce specific mutations at specific sites in a DNA molecule. -
Gene Cloning
The U.S. patent for gene cloning was awarded to Boyer & Cohen. -
Human Insulin
Genentech human insulin drug produced by genetically engineered bacteria for the treatment of diabetes, was the first biotech drug to be approved by the FDA. -
Polymerase Chain Reaction
The PCR technique is conceived. -
Gene Therapy Treatment.
First Federally approved gene therapy treatment was performed successfully on a young girl that suffered from an immune disorder. -
Flavr Savr Tomato
The United States Food and Drug Administration approves the first ever Genetically Modified food, the flavr savr tomato. -
Dolly the Sheep
Ian Wilmut from the Roslin Institute cloned Dolly the Sheep using DNA from two adult sheep cells. -
Human Genome Project
Completion of a rough draft of the human genome in the Human genome project. -
Rice, genome decoded
Rice became the first crop to have its genome decoded. -
Human Genome Project is complete
The Human Genome Project has been completed. This is providing information on the locations & sequence of human genes on all 46 chromosomes. -
Kibo
Japanese astronomers launch the first Medical Experiment Module called Kibo. This will be used on the International Space Station. -
Pacemaker
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute uses modified SAN heart genes to create that first ever viral pacemaker which was used in guinea pigs. Now known as iSANs. -
Vocal Chords made out of Scratch.
Doctors made these Vocal Chords by using cells from human donors. These cells were coaxed into forming tissue that mimics vocal fold mucosa.
