Biotechnology

Biotechnology Between 1976-2013

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    Biotechnology Between 1976-2013

  • North Carolina Scientist Clyde Hutchinson and Marshall Edgell make a Recombinant Discovery.

    North Carolina Scientist Clyde Hutchinson and Marshall Edgell make a Recombinant Discovery.
    Clyde Hutchinson and Marshall Edgell prove that inserting a specific mutation in a specific point in a DNA strand is possible.

  • U.S. Patent for Gene Cloning is Awarded to Cohen and Boyer.

    U.S. Patent for Gene Cloning is Awarded to Cohen and Boyer.
    This was a revolutionary method of gene cloning that developed $35 Billion worth of commercial products before the patent expired in 1997.

  • First Biotech Drug to be Approved by the FDA

    First Biotech Drug to be Approved by the FDA
    Genentech produced human insulin by genetically engineered bacteria known as Humulin.

  • PCR Concieved

    PCR Concieved
    The Polymerese Chain Reaction, an efficient process for DNA replication is created by Kary Mullis.

  • Gene Linked to Clinical Disease Found

    Gene Linked to Clinical Disease Found
    The gene linked to cystic fibrosis is discovered and tested for in the future.

  • First Federally approved Gene Therapy Treatment

    First Federally approved Gene Therapy Treatment
    The first federally approved gene treatment was used on a young girl with an immune disorder.

  • FDA Approves First GM Food

    FDA Approves First GM Food
    The first genetically modified food is the "Flavor Savor" tomato.

  • Dolly the Sheep

    Dolly the Sheep
    The Roslin Institute anounces that they cloned a large mammal from a diploid cell.

  • Human Genome Project

    Human Genome Project
    The first rough draft is completed in the several year long project of sequencing the human genome.

  • First Viral Pacemaker (iSANS)

    First Viral Pacemaker (iSANS)
    the first viral pacemaker, inserted into a guinea pig, is introduced by the Ceders-Sinai Heart Institute.