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About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… was the first NHGRI Director and appears here as part of our history collection. Despite his scientific … and values of NHGRI. … Completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the ability to read nature's complete … hold " The Santa Cruz Workshop " on human genome sequencing. In March 1986, the DOE Office of Health and …
Timeline
A timeline highlighting key moments in the development of eugenics, with a focus on the American eugenics movement.
… people and groups through genetics and the scientific laws of inheritance. Eugenicists used an incorrect and prejudiced understanding of the work of Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel to support the idea of …
Policy Issues
The GINA is an important U.S. civil rights law that protects individuals from discrimination based on their genetic information.
…   1995 Rep. Louise Slaughter introduces the first version of the bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. More + 1995 … discriminatory use of genetic information.   2000 Human Genome Project releases a rough draft of the sequence of the … On April 14th, 2003, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announces the completion of the Human …