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Genetic Timeline—National Human Genome Research Institute
https://www.genome.gov/pages/education/genetictimeline.pdf
Learn about the major steps in human genome research, beginning with
Charles Darwin in 1859 through the successes at the Human Genome
Project in 2003 to the present.
Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code
https://unlockinglifescode.org/timeline
This is an online collaboration between the National Human Genome
Research Institute and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural
History. Explore a genomic timeline, learning tools, History Channel videos,
news article, information on genomic careers, and more. Celebrate National
DNA Day on April 25 each year.
Museum of disABILITY History
http://museumofdisability.org/exhibits/past/birth-of-newborn-screening
/the-guthrie-test/
The Museum of disABILITY History is dedicated to advancing the
understanding, acceptance, and independence of people with disabilities.
The museum’s exhibits, collections, archives, and educational programs
create awareness and a platform for dialogue and discovery.
The National Human Genome Research Institute
https://www.genome.gov/
Established in 1989, the National Human Genome Research Institute began
as the National Center for Human Genome Research to carry out the role of
the NIH in the International Human Genome Project. In 1990 the HGP began
mapping the human genome and completed its work in 2003.
The National Institutes of Health
https://www.nih.gov/
The NIH, the medical research agency of twenty-seven institutes, is funded
by the US Congress and pursues health-related research and provides
training at its institute’s campus in Bethesda, Maryland.
Newborn Screening Tests by State
https://www.babysfirsttest.org/newborn-screening/screening-101
Learn about newborn screening, a public health service that reaches almost
four million babies born in the United States each year.
PBS NOVA: Secret of Photo 51
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/photo51/
View articles, interviews, slideshows, and resources on Rosalind Franklin
and her Photo 51. Follow an animated journey into the tiny world of DNA.

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