The Human Genome Project was an international research project that sequenced all of the genes found in humans. This ambitious project began in 1990 and concluded in 2003. One goal of the project ...

Thanks to the Human Genome Project, researchers have sequenced all 3.2 billion base pairs in the human genome. How did researchers complete this chromosome map years ahead of schedule? Initial ...

Regeneron, San Diego-based biotech company Illumina and 17 health systems invested in the $320 million round. Regeneron ...

Since it began in 1990, the Human Genome Project is estimated to have cost $3,000,000,000. The entire human genome requires three gigabytes of computer data storage space. (One million base pairs ...

Curled up inside every single one of the trillions of cells in the human body is six feet of DNA, spooled tightly and carrying the genetic instructions that govern so much of who a person becomes.

Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has ...

Protein-coding versus noncoding genes When deciding the number of genes in the human genome, Human Genome Project researchers initially counted protein-coding genes—regions of chromosomal DNA that are ...

From its beginnings, PHG identified the need for an interdisciplinary ‘enterprise’ to ‘make science work for health’. Our ...

Scientists at UC Santa Cruz have completed the first end-to-end genome of the iconic Pacific banana slug, a species ...

One of the most significant achievements in genome sequencing was the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. This international scientific research project aimed to map the entire human ...

MaizeCODE is a genomic project analyzing the genetic basis of maize domestication. Researchers identified key regulatory ...