First clone of endangered Przewalski’s horse born in conservation effort to save the species
On Aug. 6, 2020, the world’s first successfully cloned endangered Przewalski’s horse was born. Revive & Restore, San…
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Biotechnology | Cloning | CRISPR | Disease | Genomics | Medicine | Therapeutics
Moratorium on heritable genome editing published in “Nature”
On Mar. 13, 2019, Nature published a call for a global moratorium on heritable human genome editing signed by…
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Monkey twins first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly
On Jan. 24, 2018, Chinese scientists announced they had produced two genetically identical long-tailed macaques using the same…
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OHSU scientist successfully modified DNA in human embryos
On Jul. 27, 2017, OHSU announced that Shoukhrat Mitalipov, an OHSU biologist, had successfully modified defective DNA in…
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International team of scientists sequenced the whole genome of the woolly mammoth
On Apr. 23, 2015, an international collaboration that involved researchers from Sweden, the United States, Canada, and Russia…
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Agriculture | Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Cloning | CRISPR | Genomics | Medical Device | Medicine | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress | Vaccine
USPTO implemented the first-inventor-to-file provisions of the America Invents Act
On Mar. 16, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented the first inventor to file (FITF)…
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Utah State University Scientist Identified World’s Largest Organism
On Sept. 30, 2010, Utah State University geneticist Karen Mock announced that testing of a forest-size collection of…
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OHSU scientists first to successfully create primate embryonic stem cells
On Nov. 14, 2007, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Oregon National Primate Research Center announced they…
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First cloned horse was born in North America
On Mar. 13, 2005, Paris Texas, the first cloned horse in North America was born at the College…
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The world’s first cloned horse was born
On May 28, 2003, the world’s first cloned horse named Prometea was born at the Laboratory of Reproductive…
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The first member of the horse family was cloned
On May 4, 2003, University of Idaho-Utah State University researchers became the first in the world to clone…
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The banteng, an endangered species, was cloned for the second time
On Apr. 1, 2003, the birth of a cloned banteng from a surrogate mother cow was announced by…
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Dolly, a female domestic sheep that became the first mammal to be cloned, was euthanised in Scotland
On Feb. 14, 2003, a CT scan was performed on Dolly and it was determined that tumours were…
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The banteng, an endangered species, was cloned for the first time
In 2002, the banteng, an endangered species, was cloned for the first time. Bantengs, or Bali cattle (Bos…
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ViaGen was founded in Austin, Texas
In 2002, ViaGen was founded in Austin, Texas in to provide commercial bovine, equine, and porcine gene banking,…
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K. Barry Sharpless was awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
In 2001, K. Barry Sharpless, of The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, was awarded the Nobel…
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Hematech relocated to Sioux Falls
In 1998, Hematech was co-founded by University of Massachusetts researcher Jim Robl, relocated to Sioux Falls. Dr. Robl…
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President Clinton issued an executive order banning federal funds for cloning experiments
On Mar. 4, 1997, President Clinton issued an executive order that banned federal funds for cloning experiments. This…
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A sheep named Dolly in Scotland becomes the first animal cloned from an adult cell
On Jul. 5, 1996, Dolly, a Finn Dorset sheep was born at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland…
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Biotechnology | Cloning | Diagnostics | Genomics | Neurology | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Researchers led by Dr. Peter St. George-Hyslop discovered and cloned two genes related to early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease
On Jun. 29, 1995, researchers led by Dr. Peter St. George-Hyslop at the University of Toronto announced they…
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Biotechnology | Cloning | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics | Women's Health
BRCA1 breast cancer-associated gene was identified by positional cloning methods
On Oct. 7, 1994, a strong candidate for the 17q-linked BRCA1 gene, which influences susceptibility to breast and…
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Biotechnology | Cloning | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics
ZymoGenetics and University of Washington published in Science the discovery of cancer drug thrombopoietin
On Jun. 17, 1994, the University of Washington and ZymoGenetics scientists reported in Nature the discovery, isolation and…
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The first gene associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer was cloned (hMSH2)
On May 7, 1993, the first gene associated with hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) was cloned (hMSH2). People…
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Michael Crichton’s “Jurassic Park” novel was published, introducing DNA technology to a wide audience
On Nov. 20, 1990, Michael Crichton’s “Jurassic Park” novel was pulbished, introducing DNA technology to a wide audience….
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Allan Wilson and Svante Pabo analyzed DNA of the now-extinct Tasmanian tiger
In 1989, Allan Wilson and Svante Paabo analyzed DNA of the now-extinct Tasmanian tiger to demonstrate they could…
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The human retinoblastoma (Rb) gene was cloned
On Nov. 30, 1987, scientists at the University of California at San Diego and Wills Eye Hospital announced…
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Virologist Flossie Wong-Staal became the first person to clone HIV, which led to the development of HIV detection blood tests
In 1985, virologist Flossie Wong-Staal became the first person to clone HIV, which led to the development of…
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The human p53 gene was cloned
On Dec. 20, 1984, a team of scientists announced that a cDNA clone for human p53 cellular tumor…
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Allan Wilson and Russell Higuchi become the first to clone genes from an extinct species
On Nov. 15, 1984, Allan Wilson and Russell Higuchi of the University of California at Berkeley become the…
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The restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) technique, which is a DNA analysis technique, is used in cancer research
In 1983, the Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphisms (RFLPs) was uncovered by the use of restriction endonucleases which cleave…
