Science & Tech

The Human Genome Project: 20 Years Later

The Agenda with Steve Paikin

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In February 2001, the Human Genome Project, tasked with assembling the three billion base pairs of the entire human genome, published its first draft. Twenty years on, what were the advantages of the research. The Agenda examines the legacy of biology's so-called moonshot.
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The Human Genome Project at 20
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Mar 01, 2021
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