MIT Technology Review May 10, 2023
It’s called a pangenome, and it could explain the DNA that makes each of us unique.
The joke about the Human Genome Project is how many times it’s been finished, but not actually.
The first time was in 2000, when Bill Clinton announced the “first survey of the entire human genome” at a White House ceremony, calling it “the most important and most wondrous map ever produced by humankind.”
But the job wasn’t done. A year later, the triumph was announced again, this time with the formal publication of a “draft” of “the genetic blueprint for a human being.” In 2003, researchers...
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