11 Years Later: The Human Genome Paves the Way for Genomic Technonlogy

April 2014 marks the 11th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project. A 13-year undertaking costing $3 billion, the Human Genome Project offers a glimpse into a person's DNA makeup that determines everything from a person's appearance, such as eye color or skin tone, to genetic disorders, like hemophilia or color blindness. DNA, as we learned in junior high biology, stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. ...

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