Forbes October 28, 2020
In October 1990, a group of international researchers set a bold goal: to create a map of the DNA code that makes up the human genome. Each person has two sets of 3 billion bases, represented by the letters A, T, G and C, which are the unique set of instructions that guide their cells throughout life. “Without a doubt, this is the most important, most wondrous map ever produced by humankind,” former President Bill Clinton proclaimed in a speech about the Human Genome Project. The final map and sequence was completed in 2003.
“The first genome cost us about a billion dollars,” says Dr. Eric Green, who worked on the project since its inception and has been the director...
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