1990 ⟶ First Approved Gene Therapy on Human Patient
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🧬 First Approved Gene Therapy on Human Patient
French Anderson et al. performed the first approved gene therapy on a human patient⟶

GeneticsGene TherapyMedicineMolecular BiologyAndersonClinical Trials1990sBiotechnologyMedical Ethics

🧬 Link Between Breast Cancer and Gene on Chromosome 17q21 Discovered
Mary-Claire King discovers the link between heritable breast cancers and a gene found on chromosome 17q21.⟶

GeneticsCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyMedical BreakthroughMary-Claire KingChromosome 17HeritabilityBreast Cancer

💉 Jesse Gelsinger dies in a gene therapy clinical trial
Researchers at the Institute for Human gene therapy at the University of Pennsylvania accidentally kill Jesse Gelsinger during a clinical trial of a gene therapy technique, leading the FDA to halt further gene therapy trials at the institute.⟶

MedicineGene TherapyClinical TrialJesse GelsingerUniversity of PennsylvaniaFDAEthical Concerns20th Century

🧬 Publication of the First Drafts of the Complete Human Genome
Publication of the first drafts of the complete human genome (see Craig Venter).⟶

GeneticsHuman Genome ProjectCraig VenterGenomicsMolecular Biology21st Century ScienceBiotechnology


🗺️ First Draft of the Human Genome Project Published
The first draft of the Human Genome Project is published.⟶

GeneticsHuman Genome ProjectGenomicsMolecular Biology21st Century ScienceBiotechnology


🔬 Human Genome Project Sequences Human Genome at 92% Accuracy
The Human Genome Project sequences the human genome with a 92% accuracy.⟶
GeneticsHuman Genome ProjectGenomicsMolecular Biology21st Century ScienceBiotechnology

