The Human Genome Project

The human genome is comprised of 3 billion genetic letters called bases and when scientist printed it on paper for fun, it filled up 130 volumes with 43,000 characters on each page! The Human Genome Project (HGP) was launched in the 1990s to sequence and map the human genome and the first complete sequence was finally published in 2022. HGP is the largest international collaborative project in biological sciences to date, and scientists and institutes from around the world participated in this effort. Join Sneha Das MS to learn why the HGP endeavor was important, how it was accomplished and what can be done with the knowledge of the human genome sequence.