GENETIC TESTING AND ANALYSIS
GENETIC TESTING AND ANALYSIS TIMELINE
1871
Friedrich Miescher publishes his paper on what he described as "nuclein" or what is now known as DNA
1883
Huntington's Disease marker discovered
1910
Albrecht Kossel wins Nobel Prize for discovering all five nucleotide bases
1950
Erwin Chargaff discovers nucleotide pairings. Nucleotide concentrations must be equal. (A=T) (C=G)
1953
James Watson and Francis Crick discover the double helix
1970
Start of carrier screening for Tay-Sachus Disease in Maryland. Soon after, screening is popularized internationally
1983
Polymerase Chain Reactions (PCR), a techinique for amplying DNA, is developed by Dr. Kary Mullis
1989
Cystic Fibrosis marker is located at 7q31.2
2003
The Human Genome Project is completed. The ENCODE project is launched in response to the completion of the Human Genome Project. ENCODE works towards discovering gene functions.
2009
Various papers on cancer genomes like lung cancer and malignant melanoma are shared with the public.
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1872
George Huntington publishes his paper on hereditary symptoms of Huntington's Disease at 22 years old
1904
Walter Sutton and Theodor Boveri suggest the chromosome theory of heredity
1952
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase prove that DNA is the hereditary material rather than proteins
1977
Fredrick Sanger introduces DNA sequencing technique. Sequences the first full genome of virus phiX174
1986
First predictive test for Huntington's Disease is performed
1993
Huntington gene is located at 4p16.3
1997
Research reveals change of diet and antibiotics can treat newborns who tested positive for cystic fibrosis. NIH encourages prenatal screening
2007-2008
DNA sequencing technology flourishes and allows for more affordable costs.
2013
The Supreme Court declares DNA can not be patented