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World Service,19 Jan 2001,24 mins

Gene Pioneers - part one

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Explosive progress of molecular genetics and the human genome project. The completion of a draft map of the human genome, a complete map of the human DNA code, was announced last year. The programme looks at the key scientists in the project and asks them where they think the study of human genetics will go next.

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