They develop a technique to clone segments of DNA molecules. Genentech, the first company devoted to producing genetically engineered products, is established in San Francisco, California.
Genetic engineering is used to synthesize human insulin.
This process will become one of the key tools in genetics . Robert Sinsheimer proposes mapping all of the genes in a human being. This proposal leads to the development of the Human Genome Project. The Human Genome Project is launched on January 3. James Watson is the first director.