Biotechnology

Biotechnology Timeline madison and tyler

By maddiecole
  • First Antibiotic
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    First Antibiotic

    The first antibiotic was created in China. It was made from moldy soybean curds, and is used to treat boils.
  • First Vaccine

    First Vaccine

    The first vaccine was created by Edward Jenner. He did this by inserting pus from a cowpox lesion and inserting it into a patient's arm.
  • Proteins are discovered

    Proteins are discovered

    The first protein was found. It was insulin.
  • Discovery of Enzymes

    Discovery of Enzymes

    In this year, the first enzyme was discovered and isolated. This enzyme was called amylase.
  • Discovery of genetic inheritance patterns

    Discovery of genetic inheritance patterns

    In 1865 Gregor Mendel discovered the law of inheritance by sdtudying flowers. This is the traits passed on through families from gereration to generation.
  • The Avery Experiment

    The Avery Experiment

    This was the research at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. In this early experiment dead Streptococcus pneumoniae of the virulent strain type III-S,was injected along with living but non-virulent type II-R pneumococci, and resulted in a deadly infection of type III-S pneumococci.
  • Hershey-Chase experiment

    Hershey-Chase experiment

    The Hershey Chase experiment in 1952 was an experiment to prove that DNA was actually a gene, and not a protein. Hershey won the noble peace prize for this experiment.
  • Discovery of DNA structure

    Discovery of DNA structure

    James Watson and Francis Crick presented the structure of the DNA-helix, the molecule that carries genetic information from one generation to the other in 1953.they shared the Nobel Prize for solving one of the most important of all biological riddles.
  • 1st gene sequence

    1st gene sequence

    The first sequence of a gene occurred.
  • The first transgenic animal

    The first transgenic animal

    The first transgenic animal was a mouse. It was created by transfering genes from other animals into the mouse.
  • Insulin

    Insulin

    Human insulin is produced. It is the first biotech drug approved by the FDA.
  • PCR technique conceived

    PCR technique conceived

    Kary Mullis conceived the idea for the polymerase chain reaction. In 1993 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of PCR
  • Human Genome Project

    Human Genome Project

    An international scientific research project with the goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA. The project began in 1989 and was initially headed by Ari Patrinos.
  • First GM crop sold

    First GM crop sold

    The first GM food was a tomato. These genetically modified foods have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetics.
  • First Cloned Animal

    First Cloned Animal

    Scientists created Dolly, the first cloned animal from an adult cell. She lived until 2003.
  • Human embryonic stem cell line established

    Human embryonic stem cell line established

    Human embryonic stem cell lines are created. They could potentially replace diseased cells in the human body.