Timeline of key events in biotechnology

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27 Feb 2023 2,344,972 SARS-CoV-2
genomes sequenced by
Wellcome Sanger Institute
(15% of sequences uploaded
to GISAID)
30 Aug 2023 Royal Society awarded
Herman Waldmann their
Royal Medal for 'pioneering
monoclonal antibodies for
human therapy.'
2 0ct 2023 Katalin Kariko and Drew
Weissman win Nobel Prize in
Medicine for their
contribution to the
development of the first
mRNA vaccine for COVID-19
3 Nov 2023
Inhaled monoclonal
antibodies shown to be
protective against COVID-19
in non-human primates
15 Nov 2023 World's first CRISPR-Cas9
gene editing therapy given
conditional approval in UK for
two blood disorders
17 Feb 2024 Cancer immunotherapy
tailored to genetic signature
of each patient's tumour
reported to reduce risk of
recurrence or death in phase
2 trial
22 Mar 2024 Cancer Research UK granted
£1.7 million of funding to
develop lung cancer vaccine
26 Apr 2024 Trial begins for world's first
personalised mRNA cancer
immunotherapy for melanoma
6 May 2024 CRISPR gene therapy
reported to be promising
treatment for inherited vision
loss in phase 1/2 trial
9 May 2024 Gene therapy reported to cure
baby born deaf due to rare
genetic condition
31 May
2024 NHS patients in UK start to
be offered personalised
cancer mRNA vaccines in
trials under the auspices of
the Cancer Vaccine Launch
Pad
25 Sep 2024 Stem cells treatment
reported to reverse type 1
diabetes in first patient