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Biotechnology Throughout History

By RidhiB
  • Egyptians
    4000 BCE

    Egyptians

    Egyptians baked leavened bread using yeast.They used honey to treat respiratory infections and as an ointment for wounds.
  • China
    500 BCE

    China

    In China, moldy soybean curds were used to cure boils
  • Greeks
    250 BCE

    Greeks

    The Greeks practiced crop rotation for maximum soil fertility.
  • Romans
    100 BCE

    Romans

    Rome had over 250 bakeries which made leavened bread using yeast
  • Rennaisance(Invention of the Microscope)

    Rennaisance(Invention of the Microscope)

    The microscope was a major help in other scientific discoveries.
  • 17th Century

    17th Century

    Bacteria is first seen and described by Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
  • 18th Century

    18th Century

    Edward Jenner uses the first viral vaccine to inoculate a child from smallpox
  • The Term Biotechnology

    The Term Biotechnology

    Karoly Ereky coined the term biotechnology to describe the merging of biology and technology.
  • First Antibiotic

    First Antibiotic

    Alexander Fleming first observed the antibiotic properties of the mold that produces penicillin.
  • First Biotech Drug

    First Biotech Drug

    Humulin, Genentech's human insulin drug produced by genetically engineered bacteria for the treatment of diabetes is approved by the FDA.
  • First Federally Approved Gene Therapy Treatment

    First Federally Approved Gene Therapy Treatment

    performed successfully on a 4-year-old girl suffering from an immune disorder called adenosine deaminase deficiency.
  • First Genetically Modified Food

    First Genetically Modified Food

    The United States Food and Drug Administration approves the first GM food: the "Flavr Savr" tomato.