Genetics in Health Care
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Updated: 28 Dec 2017
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Created byNicole Osier
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Foundational Discoveries
Events
Gregor Mendel Discovers Unit of Inheritence
(today referred to as "Alleles")Robert Hooke
Discovers the CellRutherford Discovers the NucleusWatson & Crick Discover the Double HelixChromosomal Basis of Sex DiscoveredKarl Wilhelm von Nägeli discovered
structures now known as chromosomesArchibald Garrod described alkaptonuria
as an "inborn error of metabolism."F. Miesher isolates DNA
from pus in bandagesNursing Specific Events
U.S. Laws Related to Genetics
Modern Discoveries
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Non-HGP Tools & Advances
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First Disease Gene Mapped
(Huntington's Disease)BRCA1/BRCA2 Mutations
Linked to Breast Cancer RiskNational Human Genome Research
Institute (NHGRI) launches
“Genetics & Rare Diseases Center”HapMap developed to catalog
common genetic variationCDC and NHGRI partner to launch
“My Family Health Portrait”First recombinant drug (Humulin)
receives FDA Approval (10/1982)Key Forensic Cases
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