1989

US FDA approves use of rhEPO (pictured).

Handyside 1^st describes pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.

Fodor uses 1^st DNA microarray.

Bishop & Varmus: Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for discovery of cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.

Cech & Altman: Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovery of catalytic properties of RNA.

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