The DNA composition of humans is discovered to be 99 percent similar to that of chimpanzees and gorillas. Initial work with embryo transfer. The National Institutes of Health forms a Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee to oversee recombinant genetic research. The first monoclonal antibodies are produced. The tools of recombinant DNA are first applied to a human inherited disorder.
Molecular hybridization is used for the prenatal diagnosis of alpha thalassemia.
Yeast genes are expressed in E. coli bacteria. 1977 First expression of human gene in bacteria. Methods for reading DNA sequence using electrophoresis are discovered. 1978 High-level structure of virus first identified. Recombinant human insulin first produced.