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Meetings begin to assess the feasibility of a Human Genome Project.

1984

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the International Commission for Protection against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens (ICPEMC) organize a conference called The Alta Summit where they bring together geneticists and others to explore the process of gene mapping.