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World Service,11 Sep 2001,13 mins

The First Draft of Human Genome Project

Gene Story

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In an effort to find new treatments for cancer and other hereditary diseases hundreds of scientists got involved in mapping our DNA. The first draft was made available in the year 2000.

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