New era of gene-based 'personalized medicine' dawning
Sunday, June 14, 2009 - 08:42
in Biology & Nature
Six years ago, scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project, a historic effort to decipher each of the 3 billion letters in the genetic instruction book for our species. A single anonymous male from Buffalo, N.Y. - code name RP11 - provided the bulk of the DNA used for the project.