The Human Genome Project (HGP) was formally launched in October 1990 in the USA. The project was co-sponsored by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institute of Health (NIH). It is envisaged as a US $3 billion, 15 year-effort. The completion of the first draft sequence or map representing about 90 per cent of the human genome was announced on June 26, 2000. Human Genome Project is that which develops the ways of mapping the human genome at an increasing fine level of precision and storing this information in the database and developing tools for data analysis. Goals … Continue reading Human Genome Project