Knowledge

• 1953 - DNA and stem cells discovered leading to gene therapy and genetic screening
• 1990 - the Human Genome Project funded by the governments of Britain, France, USA, Japan and china and drug companies to help research and decode all the genes in the human body
• 1996 - first animal cloned - dolly the sheep
• 2003 - the human genome project is declared complete with the final sequencing of the genes in the body
• 2007 - breakthrough in visual prosthetics (bionic eyes)