Technology and Medical Science:Technological developments in medical science.

Technology and Medical Science:Technological developments in medical science.

1900 – 19091902 – The term “immunology” first appears1906 – The term “genetics” is introduced

1910 – 19191911 – The first cancer causing virus is discovered1914 – Bacteria is used to treat sewage

1920 – 19291920 – The human growth hormone is discovered1928 – Penicillin discovered

Technology and Medical Science:Technological developments in medical science.

1930 – 19391939 – 1st Synthetic vitamin K produced1939 – 1st animal conceived by artificial insemination

1940 – 19491947 – 1st telescope lens 200” in diameter completed1948 – X-ray reflection microscope invented

1950 – 19591951 – 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated1955 – 1st Protein Human Insulin sequenced

Technology and Medical Science:Technological developments in medical science.

1960 – 19691960 – Production of first working laser1960 – Exploiting base pair, hybrid DNA-RNA molecules are created

1970 – 19791970 – 1979 Computer Assisted Tomography (CAT) Scan technology was developed1976 – Positron Emission Tomography (PET) first came to the market

1980 – 19891981 - Chiron Corp. founded, biotech operation1984 – DNA fingerprinting technique is developed

Technology and Medical Science:Technological developments in medical science.

1990 – 19991990 – Human Genome Project began1992 – The three-dimensional structure of HIV RT is elucidated

2000 – 20092000 – 1st plant to have genetic material fully described2001 – Genetic blueprint of rice decoded