Biotech & Genetics · Recorded milestone
Next-gen sequencing
Recorded year2005
Massively parallel sequencers, first sold by 454 Life Sciences in 2005, cut genome costs from millions to about a thousand dollars.
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- CCD image sensorRecorded · 1969enables
- DRAM memory chipRecorded · 1970requires
- MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
- Recombinant DNARecorded · 1973requires
- PCRRecorded · 1983enables
- Human genome sequencedRecorded · 2003enables
Led to
- Single-cell sequencingRecorded · 2009enables
- Synthetic cellRecorded · 2010enables
- Prenatal DNA blood testRecorded · 2011enables
- Nanopore sequencingRecorded · 2014enables
- Data stored in living cellsRecorded · 2017requires
- Synthetic genomesRecorded · 2017enables
- Deep biosphere mappedRecorded · 2018enables
- Genetic genealogy solves cold casesRecorded · 2018enables
- Genomic pandemic surveillanceRecorded · 2020enables
- mRNA vaccinesRecorded · 2020enables
- Global pathogen early warningRecorded · 2022enables
- Whole-genome embryo screeningRecorded · 2023requires
- Gene editing made for one patientRecorded · 2025requires
- Personal cancer vaccine: melanoma Phase 3 benefit reportedRecorded · 2026enables
- Blood test for many cancersForecast · ~2027enables
- Biological computingForecast · ~2030requires
- Genome sequencing at birthForecast · ~2030enables
- Polygenic risk-guided screeningForecast · ~2031requires
- RNA-editing medicine demonstrates clinical benefitForecast · ~2031enables
- Clinically validated phage-matching platformForecast · ~2033enables
- Virtual cell modelsForecast · ~2034enables
- Food outbreaks traced in hoursForecast · ~2035enables
- Personal medical digital twinForecast · ~2035requires
- Home germ sequencerForecast · ~2036enables
- Whole-genome trait predictionForecast · ~2059requires
- Mirror that previews your future healthForecast · ~2083requires
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.