Events
dbSNP
established
(Aug)The Hallmarks
of Cancer
(Jan)Draft human
genome
finished
(Feb)HapMap
project
started
(Oct)Human
genome
(build 34)
finshed
(Apr)COSMIC
initiated
(May)TCGA pilot project
announced (Dec)SOLID II
sequencer
introduced
(Jan)Tumor Sequencing
Project (TSP)
initiated (Sep)JD Watson
sequenced
(Apr)Human genome
(GRC37) released
(hg19) (Feb)Aglient
SureSelect
launched
(Feb)Illumina
HiSeq2000
introduced
(Jan)Hallmarks of Cancer:
The Next Generation
(Mar)ENCODE project
phase II completed (Sep)Human genome
(GRC38) released
(hg38) (Dec)Precision
medicine
initiative (Jan)Cancer moonshot
(Jan)FDA approval:
first gene therapy
(Aug)ENCODE
project
started
(Oct)454 GS-20
sequencer
launched
(Dec)Illumina GA
sequencer
introduced
(Dec)Human
genome
(build 36)
finished
(hg18) (Mar)ICGC initiated (Nov)CRC and breast
11 WES completed
(Nov)NimbleGen capture technology published (Nov)AML WGS
published
(Nov)TCGA
initiated
(Dec)Tumor
heterogeneity
measured at
genome level
(Nov)Tumor evolution inferred
by single cell sequencing
(Apr)315 OSCC cases
analyzed by NGS
(Jun)1000 Genomes project
phase I completed (Nov)1000 Genomes
project completed
(Phase III) (Oct)AMP & CAP published
guideline to address
NGS workflows (Dec)FDA authorizes
MSK-IMPACT test
for analyzing
patient tumors
(Nov)The FDA
approves
pembrolizumab (PD1)
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