The history of the reserch of cells

H.Janssen invents the first microscope

Mar 16, 1590

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Cell Reserch timeline

Period: Mar 16, 1590 to Mar 16, 2015

Robert Hooke saw cells in a cork. First use of the name "cellls"

Mar 16, 1665

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek saw bacteria in tooth plaque

Mar 16, 1676

Matthias Schleidon stated that "All plants are made of cells"

Mar 16, 1838

THepdar Schwann proposed the cell theory

Mar 16, 1839

Rudolf Virchow found that cells were able to reproduce

Mar 16, 1858

Ernst Abbe invented the first modern microscope

Mar 16, 1860

Louis Pastuer found that bacteria caused disease

Mar 17, 1865

Knoll and Ruska made the first electron microscope

Mar 17, 1931

Viruses first seen under an electron microscope

Mar 17, 1942

Frogs are cloned. First offical cloned animal

Mar 18, 1950

First sucsessful genetic engineering experiment

Mar 17, 1973

Frederick A. Murphy discovers Ebola

Oct 13, 1976

First baby Born due to in vitro Fertilisation or IVF

Mar 17, 1978

The first embryonic stem cells were isolated in mice

Mar 18, 1981

Dolly the sheep is cloned

Mar 17, 1997

President George W. Bush restricted federal funding for research on stem cells obtained from human embryos

Mar 18, 2001

His reason is that embyros are "Alive" and his "Creator" did now wish it.

USA High Court lifts ban on stem cell reserch in embyros.

Mar 18, 2011

Further advances in genetic enginering and IVF

Mar 17, 2015