Explore the decades-long journey to map the full human genome, from early breakthroughs to the first complete, gapless DNA sequence.

Utz is a science communicator, public historian, and archivist, formerly at the National Human Genome Research Institute. I’d be willing to bet that most of the U.S. population above the age of 35 has at least heard of the Human Genome Project.

An investment here could have big implications for drug costs, value-based care, and population health. Seventeen health systems are investing in a genomic database that could significantly drive down clinical costs. Truveta, a Washington-based software ...

The Genome 10K Community of Scientists and BGI (formerly the Beijing Genomics Institute) of Shenzhen, China, have announced a plan to sequence the genomes of 101 vertebrate species within the next two years, the first of an eventual 10,000 species to be ...

India has finally mapped its own DNA and what it found could change medicine for a billion people.

Suggested Citation: "The Human Genome Project: Elucidating Our Genetic Blueprint." National Academy of Engineering. 2001. Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering From the 2000 NAE Symposium on Frontiers in Engineering. Washington, DC ...