BACKGROUND & HISTORY OF CELL THERAPY

STELL CELL HISTORY TIMELINE

1970 - BM transplant for leukaemia.

1998 - Researchers first extract stem cells from human embryos.

1999 - First successful human transplant of insulin-making cell from cadavers.

2001 - President Bush restricts federal funding for embryonic-cell research.

2002 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International creates $20 million fund - raising effort to support stem-cell research.

2003 - California support stem cell research.

2004 - Harvard researches grow stem cells from embryos using private funding. Ballot measure for $ 3 billion bond for stem cells

2006 - Private Banking for cord & cord blood in India.

2014 - Public cord banking Kolkatta - Inst. Tropical med.