Grand Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project

• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2016
• Subjects: gene structure; human genetics; genomic medicine; functional genomics; genetics and genomics of model organisms for human diseases; cancer genetics; molecular basis of human genetic disease; stem cells in human genetics; pharmacogenomics and gene therapy; gene therapy and personal genomics; expression and regulation; genetic and genomic technologies
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In 1990, scientists began working together on one of the largest biological research projects ever proposed. The project proposed to sequence the three billion nucleotides in the human genome. The Human Genome Project took 13 years and was completed in April 2003, at a cost of approximately three bi...