HISTORY OF STEM CELL RESEARCH 1908 - 1998
1908
Russian histologist Alexander Maksimov first used the term "stem cell" to speculate about the existence of hematopoietic stem cells.
1956
Dr. Thomas performs the first successful bone marrow transplant on a patient with leukemia.
1968
British scientists Robert Edwards and Barry Bavister are the first people to fertilize a human egg in a test tube. This marks the beginning of in vitro fertilization methods, which is an important part of embryonic stem cell therapy.
1981
Dr. Evans and Dr. Kaufman obtained embryonic stem cells from mice blastocysts and grew them in vitro. This was the first in vitro stem cell line from mice.
1995
The first embryonic stem line is derived from a primate.
1998
Dr. Thomsen isolates and grows the first human embryonic stem cells.
1953
Scientist Leroy Stevens discovers the first pluripotent cells in mice scrotrum tumors.
1961
Dr. Till and Dr. McCulloch prove the existence of stem cells while studying the effects of radiation on mice bone marrow.
1978
Stem cells are discovered in human umbilical cord blood.
1989
Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is developed. This method allows a single stem cell to be isolated from an in vitro embryo and screened for genetic disorders.
1997
Dolly the sheep, cloned by Scientist Ian Wilmut and his colleagues, is born. She was cloned using stem cell technologies.
