Biotechnology in 1990 - 2000

Question 1

The first federally-approved gene therapy treatment is performed successfully

Answer 1

1990

Question 2

The structure of HIV RT is elucidated

Answer 2

1992

Question 3

The FDA declares that genetically engineered foods are “not inherently dangerous”

Answer 3

1993

Question 4

The first breast cancer gene is discovered

Answer 4

1994

Question 5

Scientists clone identical lambs from early embryonic sheep

Answer 5

1996

Question 6

Scientists clone three generations of mice from nuclei of adult ovarian cells

Answer 6

1998

Question 7

Embryonic stem cells are used to regenerate tissue and create disorders that mimic diseases

Answer 7

1998

Question 8

The Biotechnology Institute is founded by BIO as an independent, national, 501(c)(3) education organization

Answer 8

1998

Question 9

The genetic code of the human chromosome is deciphered

Answer 9

1999

Question 10

A rough draft of the human genome is completed

Answer 10

2000

Question 11

Pigs are the next animal cloned by researchers to help produce organs for human transplant

Answer 11

2000

Question 12

The sequence of the human genome is published in Science and Nature

Answer 12

2001

Question 13

Scientists complete the sequence of the pathogen of rice, a fungus that ruins enough rice to feed 60 million people annually

Answer 13

2002

Question 14

Dolly, the cloned sheep from 1997, is euthanized

Answer 14

2003