Human Genome Project goals

The promise of being able to predict and modify the genetic characteristics of an organism fuelled massive efforts to determine the base sequences of human genes. The human genome project has now reached the goal of sequencing all the important DNA carried by humans. 

Collins FS, Patrinos A, Jordan E, Chakravarti A, Gesteland R, Walters L. New goals for the U.S. Human Genome Project 1998-2003. Science 1998 282 682-689. 

The year 2000 marked the completion of the Human Genome Project s primary goal. Through intensive efforts of both private and public agencies, the sequence for the three billion base pairs that encodes the instructions for being human has now been determined.5 As a result of the Human Genome Project, we have determined the complete chemical structure, nucleotide by nucleotide, of the DNA within each of these chromosomes, the chemical structures that encode our lives. It is an extraordinary accomplishment in chemistry. 

What Were the Goals of the Human Genome Project ... 

The main goals of the Human Genome Project were to provide a complete and accurate sequence of the 3 billion DNA base pairs that make up the human genome and to find all of the estimated 20,000 to 25,000 human genes. The Project also aimed to sequence the genomes of several other organisms that are important to medical research, such as the mouse and the fruit fly. 

The Human Genome Project was launched in 1990. It is a US 3 billion project involving 350 laboratories around the world. In 2001, a draft copy of the sequence of the three billion base pairs was published. By April 2003,99% of the human genome had been sequenced. The project goals are as follows ... 

Site for the Human Genome Project, which began in 1990 with the goal of identifying all the genes in human DNA Follow the link to Medicine"for a detailed overview of topics such as gene therapy. 

The Human Genome Project Established the goal of determining the entire sequence of DNA composing human chromosomes... 

A major goal of the human genome project is to determine the order of occurrence of the four bases, adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T), in DNA molecules. The sequence defines an individual s genetic code. The need for sequencing DNA has spawned the development of several new analytical instruments. Among the most attractive of these approaches is capillary array electrophoresis. In this technique, as many as 96 capillaries are operated in parallel. The capillaries are filled with a separation matrix, normally a linear polyacrylamide gel. The capillaries have inner diameters of 35 to 75 p,m and are 30 to 60 cm in length. 

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