The 1984 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine was won by César Milstein, Niels Jerne and George
Köhler for work on the immune system and the production of monoclonal
antibodies
McGinnis, Gehring and
others demonstrated conservation of homeobox genes in Drosophila and
mouse
First cloning and
sequencing announced of the entire human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
genome
Charles Cantor and David
Schwartz developed pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
Glenner identified the
peptide component of Alzheimer plaques, beta-amyloid
Alec Jeffreys introduced
the technique for DNA fingerprinting to identify individuals.
Stanford
University received a product patent for prokaryote DNA
The Plant Gene Expression
Center was established
The first genetically
engineered vaccine was developed
Promega Corporation opened
its first overseas branch offices in Australia and The Netherlands
The Class of '84
Advance Australia
Fair is proclaimed as Australia's national anthem, and green and gold as
the national colours
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The 1984 Summer
Olympics were held in Los Angeles, California, and the Winter Games in
Sarajevo
The first Apple
Macintosh was introduced
The Space Shuttle
Discovery took off on its maiden voyage
Australia established the National
Crime Authority
(now ACC)
Ronald Reagan was
re-elected as US President
Medicare comes into effect
in Australia
Brunei became an
independent state
The Most Reverend
Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize
Michael Jackson's
"Thriller" released as single
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