1989
- January 3–4, 1989 – The program advisory committee on the human genome holds its first meeting in Bethesda, MD.
- October 1, 1989 – The National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR) is established to carry out the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) component of the United States Human Genome Project. The center's first director is James D. Watson, co-discoverer with Francis Crick of the double-helical structure of DNA.
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