1996
- April 11, 1996 – Human DNA sequencing begins with pilot studies at six universities in the United States.
- April 24, 1996 – An international team completes the DNA sequence of the first eukaryotic genome, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, or common brewer's yeast.
- September 1996 – The Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR), a project co-funded by eight National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes and centers to study the genetic components of complex disorders, is established on the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center campus in Baltimore.
- October 1996 – Scientists from government, university and commercial laboratories around the world reveal a map that pinpoints the locations of over 16,000 genes in human DNA.
- November 1996 – National Center for Human Genome Research and other researchers identify the location of the first gene associated with Parkinson's disease.
- November 1996 – National Center for Human Genome Research and other researchers identify the location of the first major gene that predisposes men to prostate cancer.
- December 1996 – ELSI Report is issued by the Joint National Institutes of Health/Department of Energy Committee evaluating the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications program of the Human Genome Project.
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