Biotech Timeline - Timeline

The Greeks practice crop rotation for maximum soil fertility.

First recorded description of living cells by Robert Hooke.

Friedrich Miescher identifies DNA in the sperm of a trout.

Hybrid corn is commercialized.

Discovery of the gene responsible for developing cystic fibrosis.

Completion of a "rough draft" of the human genome in the Human Genome Project.

Rice becomes the first crop to have its genome decoded.

The Human Genome Project is completed

apanese astronomers launch the first Medical Experiment Module called "Kibo", to be used on the International Space Station.

Thirty-one-year-old Zac Vawter successfully uses a nervous system-controlled bionic leg