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Completed
The Genome Project was completed -
Y Choromosome
shows the Y chormosome appears to exchange genes between to copies of repeated sequences that lie near eachother as mirror images -
Uncovers a feature
sciencetist led my Washington University School of Medicine uncovers structural features that promote genetic changes that can casue diseases. -
Honey Bee Genome
The Honey Bee Genome sequence has been depostited into freee public databases -
Type 2
Human genome project insitute finds variants in a gene that may predispose people to type 2 diabetaes -
Discovered something else
National Human Genome Research institute scienctists and an interdisciplinary researchers from 11 universities and instituions discover a possible inherited compontent for lung cancer -
X Chromosomes
The National Institutes of health hails the first comprehensive analysis of the sequence of the human X chormosomes -
DNA
The first comprehensive comparision of the genetic blueprints of humans and chimpanzees shows our closest living relatives share prefect identity with 96 percent od DNA seqence -
Sceening approach
The national intitutes of health chemical genomics center developed a new screening approach that can profile compounds in large chemical libraries more accurtely and precisely than standard methods -
Three cancers
The National Institute of Cancer has annouced the first three cancers
- Lung
- Brain
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Healthcare Branch
The National Genome Research Institute establishes Genomic Healthcare Branch -
Uncovers a critical gene
an international team of scientists announces that its a systematic effort to map the genomic chnages underlying lung cancer has uncovered a critical gene alteration -
100 Genomes Project
international research consortium annouces the 100 Genomes Project, its a ambitious effort that will involve sequencing the genomes of atleast a thousand people from around the world -
organizationa around the world
Research organizations from around the world announce they are launching the international cancer Genomices and health disparities -
found a new way
a team has found a new way of detecting functional regions in the human genome -
identified a gene
National Institutes of health researchers have identified a gene that suppresses tumor growth in melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer -
announces awards
National institutes of health announced awards to support the Genotype-Tissue Expression project