Biotechnology Timeline 1966-1999

Question 1

1966

Answer 1

Marshall Nirenberg, Robert Holley and Har Gobind Khorona cracked the DNA genetic code

Question 2

1971

Answer 2

First complete synthesis of gene occurs

Question 3

1973

Answer 3

Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer perfected the genetic engineering techniques

Question 4

1975

Answer 4

George Kohler and Cesar Milstein developed the technology to produce monoclonal antibodies

Question 5

1981

Answer 5

First transgenic animals are produced

Question 6

1982

Answer 6

First FDA approved human insulin was approved

Question 7

1983

Answer 7

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique by Kary Mullis

Question 8

1986 #1

Answer 8

First recombinant vaccine: Hepatitis B

Question 9

1986 #2

Answer 9

First anti-cancer drug: Interferon

Question 10

1994

Answer 10

First GMO product was sold in the U.S.

Question 11

1997

Answer 11

The first cloned animal from an adult cell

Question 12

1998

Answer 12

Human Embryonic Stem Cell Lines (HES Cell Lines) are established

Question 13

1999

Answer 13

Human Genome Project is launched

Question 14

1987

Answer 14

GMO: first virus resistant tomatoes