The Human Genome Project was an international scientific research effort to determine the sequence of the chemical building blocks that make up human DNA and to identify and map the genes of the human genome. It was launched in the United States, with the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy, and later involved research centres in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and China. A parallel private effort led by Craig Venter's company Celera Genomics created competition and pressure to release the data quickly. A working draft was announced in 2000, and the project was declared complete in 2003. It laid the groundwork for modern genomics and for advances in medicine, from the study of inherited diseases to personalized treatment.
Before and after
- from 20 December 1989 to 31 January 1990United States invasion of Panama
- 22 December 1989Death of Samuel Beckett
- 25 December 1989Death of Nicolae Ceaușescu
- 31 December 1989First flight of Sukhoi Su-30
- from 1990 to 2003Human Genome Project
- 1990National Anthem of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- 1990Rise of K-pop
- 1990Founding of Museum of Philistine Culture
- from c. 1990s to 2010sRise of third-wave feminism
More in Science & technology
- 1949Discovery of berkelium
- 1955Discovery of mendelevium
- 14 February 1961Discovery of lawrencium
- 9 November 1994Discovery of darmstadtium
- 8 December 1994Discovery of roentgenium
- 1996Discovery of copernicium
The era
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