Human Genome Project
An International Investigation into Heredity
Inside the nucleus of nearly every cell in the body, a complex set of genetic instructions, known as the human genome, is contained on 23 pairs of chromosomes. Chromosomes are mostly made of long chains of a chemical called DNA — deoxyribonucleic acid. The Human Genome Project is an ambitious effort to understand the hereditary instructions that make each of us unique. The goal of this effort is to find the location of the 100,000 or so human genes and to read the entire genetic script, all three billion bits of information, by the year 2005.The Project’s Potential Even before…
