History of Biotech/ 1900-1960/ Field: Medicine, including genetics, fertility, research, diseases and devices.
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The first successful transplants of tumors in animals was reported.
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Genes are linked with hereditary disorders.
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While studying fruit flies, Thomas Hunt Morgan discovered that genes were on chromosomes.
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Merck chemists in Germany introduced methylene-dioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA), a euphoria-producing psychedelic.
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Phages, or bacterial viruses, are discovered.
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The word "biotechnology" is first used by a Hungarian agricultural engineer.
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In Toronto, Dr. Frederick Banting and his assistant Charles Best discover insulin as a treatment for diabetes.
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Fleming discovers penicillin, the first antibiotic.
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Danish microbiologist A. Justin coins the term genetic engineering, a technique involving the transfer of a select piece of genetic material from one organism to another.
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By carefully feeding cantaloupe mold in large tanks, American microbiologist Andrew Moyer develops a technique of producing penicillin in large quantities.
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Canadian scientist Oswald Theodore Avery isolates pure DNA.
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Dr. George Gey establishes a continuous cell line taken from a human cervical carcinoma isolated from Henrietta Lacks.
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James Watson and Francis Crick are the first to describe the double helix structure of DNA.
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The first kidney transplant on twins was performed by Dr. Joaseph Murray.
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DNA is produced in a test tube for the first time.
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WhatisBiotechnology • The sciences, places and people that have created biotechnology. (n.d.). Retrieved September 14, 2017, from http://www.whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/timeline/index/140
