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History of Genetic Engineering

Genetic engineering began with early experiments in genetics in the 1900s by Gregor Mendel. Key developments included identifying DNA as the carrier of genetic information in 1944, determining the structure of DNA in 1953, and developing recombinant DNA techniques in 1973 that allowed transferring genes between organisms. In the late 1970s, bacteria were engineered to produce insulin and interferon, and in 1982 the FDA approved the first genetically engineered drug. Field tests of genetically engineered crops began in 1987.

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History of Genetic Engineering

Genetic engineering began with early experiments in genetics in the 1900s by Gregor Mendel. Key developments included identifying DNA as the carrier of genetic information in 1944, determining the structure of DNA in 1953, and developing recombinant DNA techniques in 1973 that allowed transferring genes between organisms. In the late 1970s, bacteria were engineered to produce insulin and interferon, and in 1982 the FDA approved the first genetically engineered drug. Field tests of genetically engineered crops began in 1987.

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History of Genetic Engineering

History of Genetic Engineering


The origins of biotechnology culminated with the birth of genetic engineering. Genetic
engineering based on genetics, a science started form the early 1900s based on experiments
by the Austrian monk, Gregor Mendel.

In 1944, DNA is identified as the carrier of genetic information by Oswald Avery Colin
McLeod and Maclyn McCarty.

Later two important key events happened. One was the 1953 discovery of the structure of
DNA, by Watson and Crick, and the other was the 1973 discovery by Cohen and Boyer of a
recombinant DNA technique by which a section of DNA was cut from the plasmid of an E.
coli bacterium and transferred into the DNA of another.

During the late 1970s, researchers used recombinant DNA to engineer bacteria to produce
small quantities of insulin and interferon.

One of the key scientific figures that attempted to highlight the promising aspects of genetic
engineering was Joshua Lederberg, a Stanford professor and Nobel laureate.

In 1980, green genetic engineering was born. Genetic material is introduced into cell
cultures for the first time ever with the aid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

In 1982, The U.S Food and Drug Administration approve the first genetically engineered
drug, Genentechs Humulin, a form of human insulin produced by bacteria.

In 1987, the first field tests of genetically engineered crops (tobacco and tomato) are
conducted in the United States. Committee of the national Academy of Sciences concluded
that transferring genes between species of organisms posed no serious environmental
hazards.

In year 2000, International Biosafety Protocol is approved by 130 countries at the


Convention on Biological Diversity in Montreal, Canada. The protocol agrees upon labeling
of genetically engineered crops.
History of Genetic Engineering

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