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Drosophila and Arabidopsis genomes sequenced.
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President Clinton signs an executive order that bans Genetic Discrimination in the Federal work place.
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The Yeast Interactome is published to allow researchers to detect proteins that physically interact with each other in the cell.
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The researchers at Harvard Medical School use gene splicing techniques to produce Drosophila that display many symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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The human genome international consortium published a first draft and initial analysis of the human genome sequence.
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RNAi shuts off Mammalian Genes. For the first time, scientists show that double-stranded RNA molecules can be introduced into mammalian cells and used to silence targeted genes.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved an oral medication called Gleevec to treat patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. CML occurs when a particular enzyme that controls cellular growth is abnormally active. The action of enzyme causes the white blood cells to grow quickly. Gleevec blocks the activity of the enzyme, slowing the abnormal growth of the white blood cells. The plus of Gleevec is compared to chemotherapy kills the cancer cells when chemotherapy kills all cells,healthy cells too.
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Mouse Genomes are sequenced. The mouse sequence is is an important resource for unraveling the mysteries of the human genome.
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Researchers identified a gene on chromosome 1 associated with a hereditary form of prostate cancer. The work was a collaboration between researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, and The Cleveland Clinic. Previously, the researchers had studied families with high risks for prostate cancer and identified regions of chromosomes 1, 17, 20, and X as being associated with the higher risk.
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