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.