1981 - In-vitro stem cells developed in mice. 2
1983 - scientists begin debate over ethics of stem cell research in Brookline, Mass. 3
1987 - Vatican (central hub of Roman Catholic Church) issues their stand against Stem Cell Research under rule of Pope John Paul II. 4
1988 - four embryonic stem (ES) cell lines created from Golden Hamsters at University of Wisconsin. 5
1991 - couple against abortion uses ES cells from an aborted embryo to try to save their 3rd child from the terrible fate of Hurler's Syndrome. 6
1992 - Senate reverses President George H.W. Bush's ban on federal funding for stem cell research on aborted fetuses; President Bush vetos, ban remains.7
1993 - Clinton repeals ban on ES cell research funding. 8
1995 - First stem cell line created from primates. 9
1997 - Lamb cloned from stem cells.10
1998 - Human ES cell line first isolated. 11
1999 - White House votes to allow ES cell research.12
2001 - Human ES cells turned into blood cells by U of W-M Scientists.13
2002 - Stem cell research with private funds approved.14
2004 - Harvard researcher makes 17 independently-developed ES cell lines available to other researchers.15
2004 - Californians approved Proposition 71(discussed further in Issues).18
2004 - Korean group (fraudulently) claims to have cloned a human embryo.
2005 - Skin cells turned into stem cells.16
2006 - Scientists at Johns Hopkin's University restore movement to a once paralyzed rat using embryonic stem cells.
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