BAYLOR GENETICS

History

Year	Detail
1978	Baylor Genetics was founded by Dr. Tom Caskey and Dr. Art Beaudet, focused on cytogenetics and biochemical genetics for inborn errors of metabolism.
1996	Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center (HGSC) designated one of six pilot programs for the final phases of the Human Genome Project (HGP).
2000	Human Genome Sequencing Center, one of three sites from the pilot program, completes the Human Genome Project.
2003	Introduced Specialties in cytogenetics, chromosomal microarray analysis, DNA diagnostics, biochemical genetics, and mitochondrial diagnostics.
2004	It has developed and launched Chromosomal Microarray.
2008	Baylor Genetics is the first company to offer prenatal CMA.
2011	The company has started offering whole exome sequencing.
2012	It has started offering cancer exome. It’s the first company to offer this service.
2013	Baylor Genetics launched mitomes testing services.
2014	The company has started offering servies of metabolomics. It is also recipient of 1 of 3 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants for ongoing genetics research, serving as a DNA sequencing Core site for the Undiagnosed Disease Network.
2015	Baylor Genetics Introduced universal carrier screening, and it has become the first company to offer prenatal trio services.
2016	It has introduced non-invasive prenatal sequencing.
2019	The company has started providing Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing services.