Following the success of Humulin, recombinant DNA technology was quickly adopted to replace older methods of producing medical products from human growth hormone to vaccines. Although scientists have ...

The invention of rDNA technology started in 1968 with the ... Most notably, however, DNA splicing is used in biotechnology to create insulin (a hormone that's essential for life) for people ...

Nevertheless, crop biotechnology has spread rapidly ... With pharmaceuticals, the tipping point came early: recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology was accepted globally; there are no 'Frankenpills ...

However, the modern era of biotechnology began with the discovery of DNA structure in 1953 and the development of recombinant DNA technology in the 1970s. Since then, biotechnology has rapidly evolved ...

Recombinant DNA is one of the first stories in modern biotechnology history. The National Museum of American History contains collections which trace this foundational technique of genetic engineering ...