CEC timeline
Category: Other
Updated: 14 Apr 2020
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Created byJessica Shi
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Events
1973 -
First recombinant
DNA organisms
(First transgenic
animal = mouse)1977 -
First DNA sequencingJune 1980 -
Patenting
human-made
organisms1996 -
First offspring
developed from a
differentiated cell
(first animal
cloned = sheep)February 2008 -
First synthesis of
bacterial genomeMay 2010 -
Synthia = creation
of the first-ever artificial
self-replicating organism
known as the "synthetic cell"May 2014 -
Scientists create the first
living organism that
replicates itselfJanuary 2020 -
First-ever "living" &
self-healing robot
created2012 -
Swiss researchers showed
that they could get
mammalian cells to do math2013 -
First large-scale drug
project to use synthetic
biology to produce
artemisinin2004 -
Inception of
iGEM competition1961 -
Discovery of genetic
regulatory circuits
directing cellular behavior
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