Historical achivements in biotechnology

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  • first discovery of cells by Robert Hooke

    first discovery of cells by Robert Hooke

  • antonie van leevwenhock

    antonie van leevwenhock

    discovers and describes bacteria and protozoa
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    Jenner uses first vaccine to inoculate a child from smallpox
  • Gregol Mendel discovers laws of inheritance

    Gregol Mendel discovers laws of inheritance

  • Breeders cross breed cotton making superior varieties

  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch

    develops a technique for staining bacteria for identification

  • louis Pasteur develops vaccine

    develops vaccine against bacteria that causes cholera and anthrax in chickens

  • Karl Ereky uses "Biotechnology" Term

    Biotechnolgy is first used as a term
  • Discovery of Penicillin

    Discovery of Penicillin

    Alexander Fleming discovered Penicillin
  • the first hybrid corn is commercialized

    the first hybrid corn is commercialized

  • Sturucture of DNA is discovered

    Sturucture of DNA is discovered

    Watson &Crick discover dna and the double helix structure

  • Dna is made in atest tube for the first time

  • the first recombinant human insulin is produced for the first time

    the first recombinant human insulin is produced for the first time

  • smallpox is eradicated

    smallpox is eradicated

    after 20yr mass vaccination effort

  • The first recombinant DNA vaccine for livestock in developed

  • BT Corn

    BT corn is first produced

  • First succesful gene therapy treatment is performed

    the first gene therapy is performed on a 4yr. old girl that has an immune disorder

  • The first breast cancer gene discovered

  • A gene overde with Parkinson's disease is dis

  • Dolly the Sheep

    Dolly the Sheep

    Dolly the sheep is the first animal to be clonnned

  • EPA approves first transgenic rootworm-resistant corn

  • Human Genome Project

  • FDA approves first H5N1 vaccine the first for avian flu