Biotech & Genetics · Recorded milestone
Gene therapy
Recorded year1990
Engineered viruses carry working genes into patients' cells; first trial in 1990, later approved for inherited blindness and SMA.
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- Recombinant DNARecorded · 1973enables
- DNA sequencingRecorded · 1977requires
Led to
- CAR-T cell therapyRecorded · 2017enables
- Drugs made inside the bodyRecorded · 2022enables
- First CRISPR therapyRecorded · 2023enables
- Deafness reversed by gene therapyRecorded · 2024enables
- First human rejuvenation trialRecorded · 2026enables
- Openly enhanced athletesRecorded · 2026enables
- VERVE-102 in-body cholesterol editing demonstratedRecorded · 2026enables
- Immune reset for autoimmune diseaseForecast · ~2029enables
- One-shot cures for chronic diseaseForecast · ~2030enables
- One-shot pet sterilisationForecast · ~2034enables
- Ultrasound-opened brain drug deliveryForecast · ~2035enables
- One-shot longevity gene therapyForecast · ~2045enables
- Blindness largely curableForecast · ~2047enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.