Microbiology — Key Discoveries

Key Discoveries

Diamond v. Chakrabarty

1980

This landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision established that genetically engineered living organisms, specifically a bacterium capable of breaking down crude oil, could be patented.…

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

2000 (adopted)

While not a 'judgment' in the legal sense, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is a landmark international agreement that governs the transboundary movement of Living Modified…