Basics 2008
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Genomics has drastically changed the way we see the world
- Genome sequencing
- 1994 first (bacterial) genome sequenced
- 2001 Human genome completed
- ENCODE project (2007)
- Environmental surveys of life (2005-2007)
- 1000 Genomes program (2008)
- January 22 2008 NIH News: NIH announces "sequencing the genomes of at least a thousand people from around the world to create the most detailed and medically useful picture to date of human genetic variation"
- Creation of arteficial life
- 2008 synthetic Mycoplasma
- I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer Article in The Guardian
- Move over Dolly. Synthia is on her way Article in The Economist
- 2008 synthetic Mycoplasma