From its discovery through its many breakthroughs
1959
In the United States, rabbits were produced through IVF (in vitro fertilization) (1)
1968
First human egg fertilized through in vitro by Edwards and Bavister (1)
1980
“Australia’s first IVF baby, Candace Reed, is born in Melbourne” (1)
1981
“First in vitro stem cell line developed from mice”(2)
1995
“First embryonic stem cell line derived from a primate” (2)
1998
Lab grown stem cells derived from human embryo cells (4)
2005
Additional category of stem cells discovered by scientists at Kingston University in England (2)
1878
Attempted and successfully fertilized mammalian eggs outside the human body. (1)
1978
“Stem cells were discovered in human cord blood” (2)
July 25th
“Louise Brown, the first IVF baby, is born in England” (1)
1988
“Embryonic stem cell lines created from a hamster” (2)
July 5, 1996
Dolly the cloned lamb from stem cells is born. (3)
2000
Members of Stanford’s stem cell facility isolated human brain stem cells and human peripheral nervous system stem cells (5)
2007
Within amniotic fluid, a new stem cell was isolated by Dr. Anthony Atala and his research team (2)
