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December 20, 2007
HGP
Completed in 2003, the The Human Genome Project was a 13-year project coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health.
Project goals were to
• identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA,
• determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA,
• store this information in databases,
• improve tools for data analysis,
• transfer related technologies to the private sector, and
• address the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project.
Though the HGP is finished, analyses of the data will continue for many years...
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