Human Genome Project ends as scientists complete book of life

SCIENTISTS today said they had finished writing the “book of life,” the three billion letters of DNA that make up the human genome.

Mon, 14 Apr, 2003 - 01:00

John von Radowitz

The successful completion of the Human Genome Project was announced more than two years ahead of schedule.

Less than three years ago the publicly-funded International Human Genome Consortium produced a working draft of the genome, a feat compared with landing men on the moon.

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Courts Health Place: US Place: Hinxton, Cambridgeshire Person: Allan Bradley Person: Jane Rogers Event: Human Genome Project Organisation: International Human Genome Consortium Organisation: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Organisation: Ensembl Organisation: Sanger Institute

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