Timeline of key events in biotechnology
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Date | Event | People | Places | Sciences |
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16 Mar 2017 | Study published showing a personalised treatment using a patient's own stem cells effective for treating macular degeneration, a common blinding disease | Mandai | RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology | Stem cells |
16 Mar 2017 | Follow-up of three women given stem cell treatment in 2015 to treat macular degeneration raises concerns | Kuriyan | Flaum Eye Institute | Stem cells |
17 Mar 2017 | Monoclonal antibody shown to effectively cut cholesterol levels, thereby preventing heart attacks and strokes | Sabatine | Monoclonal antibodies, Cardiovascular | |
23 Mar 2017 | FDA granted accelerated approval to avelumab, a PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor, to treat Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form of skin cancer treatment, in patients 12 years and older with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form of skin disorder | EMD Serono, Merck KGaA, Pfizer | Immune checkpoint inhibitors, Cancer immunotherapy, Oncology, Monoclonal antibodies | |
Apr 2017 | First gene therapy approved in Europe for lipoprotein lipase deficiency (Glybera) withdrawn from market | uniQure | Gene therapy | |
13 Apr 2017 | CRISPR shown to be sensitive diagnostic tool for detecting single target of DNA or RNA molecule | Abudayyeh, Bhattacharyya, Collins, Daringe, Donghia, Dy, Essletzbichler, Freije, Hung, Joung, Koonin, Lee, Livny, Myhrvold, Regev, Sabeti, Gootenberg, Verdine, Zhang | Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute | CRISPR-Cas9, Gene editing |
Apr 2017 | Researchers at University of Washington-Madison demonstrated the possibility of growing skin, bone marrow and blood vessels using plant scaffolds with stem cells | University of Washington-Madison, Olbrich Botanical Gardens | Stem Cells | |
20 Apr 2017 | Diabetes research using transgenic mice shows the protein P2X7R plays important role in inflammation and immune system offering new avenue for treating kidney disease | Menzies | University of Edinburgh, University College London, Imperial College | Imunology, Transgenic animals |
13 May 2017 | Research published demonstrating how CRISPR-CAS9 can be used to eliminate HIV in infected mice. | Yin, Zhang, Qu, Chang, Putatunda, Xiao, Li, Zhao, Dhai, Qin, Mo, Young, Khalili, Hu | Temple University, University of Pittsburgh, Sichuan University | CRISPR-Cas9, Gene editing |
31 May 2017 | Scientists report successfully re-engineering old antibiotic for combatting superbugs | Okano, Bodger | Scripps Research Institute | Antimicrobial resistance, Antibacterial agents |
10 Jul 2017 | Results published from first randomised controlled FMT trial for obesity | Thompson | Brigham and Women's Hospital | Faecal microbiota transplant |
12 Jul 2017 | US FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee recommended the approval of the first adoptive cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) for B cell acute leukaemia | June | Novartis, University of Pennsylvania | Cancer immunotherapy, Oncology, Adoptive cell therapy, Gene therapy |
Aug 2017 | UK, one of the last countries in Europe, rolled out hepatitis B vaccination programme for infants | Vaccine | ||
2 Aug 2017 | Research published demonstrating possibility of editing gene defect in pre-implanted human embryos for preventing inherited heart disease | Hong, Marti-Gutierrez, Park, Mitalipov, Kaul, Kim, Amato, Belmonte | Oregon Health & Science University, Salk Institute, Center for Genome Engineering, Seoul National University, China National GeneBank, | CRISPR-Cas9, Reproduction, Cardiovascular, Gene editing |
8 Aug 2017 | Universal hepatitis B vaccination introduced for all newborns in 1980s reported to have wiped out hepatitis B infection and associated liver cancer cases in Alaskan indigenous population | Vaccine | ||
30 Aug 2017 | USA FDA approved CAR-T therapy for certain pediatric and young adult patients with a form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia | June | Novartis, University of Pennsylvania | Cancer immunotherapy, Oncology, Adoptive cell therapy, Gene therapy |
Sep 2017 | DNA of human embryos edited using CRISPR-Cas9 to study cause of infertility | Fogarty, McCarthy, Snijders, Powell, Kubikova, Blakeley, Lea, Elder, Wamaitha, Kim, Maciulyte, Kleinjung, Kim, Wells, Vallier, Bertero, Turner, Niakan | Francis Crick Instiitute, Cambridge University, Oxford University, Seoul National University | CRISPR-Cas9, Gene editing, Reproduction |
20 Sep 2017 | Positive results reported from clinical trial with RNAi drug | Alynlam | RNA interference | |
20 Sep 2017 | Combination of three monoclonal antibodies reported to protect monkeys from HIV | Xu, Pegu, Rao, Doria-Rose, Beninga, McKee, Lord, Wei, Deng, Louder, Schmidt, Mankoff, Wu, Asokan, Beil, Lange, Leuschner, Kruip, Sendak, Kwon, Zhou, Chen, Bailer, Wang, Choe, Tartaglia, Barouch, O’Dell, Todd, Burton, Roederer, Connors, Koup, Kwong, Yang | Sanhofi, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Scripps Research Institute, | Monoclonal antibodies, Infectious diseases |
20 Sep 2017 | Nivolumab (Opdivo®) made available for NHS patients with advanced lung cancer | Honko, Freeman | Medarex, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ono Pharmaceutical | Immune checkpoint inhibitors, Immunotherapy, Monoclonal antibodies |
16 Mar 2017
Study published showing a personalised treatment using a patient's own stem cells effective for treating macular degeneration, a common blinding disease
16 Mar 2017
Follow-up of three women given stem cell treatment in 2015 to treat macular degeneration raises concerns
17 Mar 2017
Monoclonal antibody shown to effectively cut cholesterol levels, thereby preventing heart attacks and strokes
23 Mar 2017
FDA granted accelerated approval to avelumab, a PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor, to treat Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form of skin cancer treatment, in patients 12 years and older with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form of skin disorder
Apr 2017
First gene therapy approved in Europe for lipoprotein lipase deficiency (Glybera) withdrawn from market
13 Apr 2017
CRISPR shown to be sensitive diagnostic tool for detecting single target of DNA or RNA molecule
Apr 2017
Researchers at University of Washington-Madison demonstrated the possibility of growing skin, bone marrow and blood vessels using plant scaffolds with stem cells
20 Apr 2017
Diabetes research using transgenic mice shows the protein P2X7R plays important role in inflammation and immune system offering new avenue for treating kidney disease
13 May 2017
Research published demonstrating how CRISPR-CAS9 can be used to eliminate HIV in infected mice.
31 May 2017
Scientists report successfully re-engineering old antibiotic for combatting superbugs
10 Jul 2017
Results published from first randomised controlled FMT trial for obesity
12 Jul 2017
US FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee recommended the approval of the first adoptive cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) for B cell acute leukaemia
Aug 2017
UK, one of the last countries in Europe, rolled out hepatitis B vaccination programme for infants
2 Aug 2017
Research published demonstrating possibility of editing gene defect in pre-implanted human embryos for preventing inherited heart disease
8 Aug 2017
Universal hepatitis B vaccination introduced for all newborns in 1980s reported to have wiped out hepatitis B infection and associated liver cancer cases in Alaskan indigenous population
30 Aug 2017
USA FDA approved CAR-T therapy for certain pediatric and young adult patients with a form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Sep 2017
DNA of human embryos edited using CRISPR-Cas9 to study cause of infertility
20 Sep 2017
Positive results reported from clinical trial with RNAi drug
20 Sep 2017
Combination of three monoclonal antibodies reported to protect monkeys from HIV
20 Sep 2017
Nivolumab (Opdivo®) made available for NHS patients with advanced lung cancer
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