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A computer monitor displays DNA being sequenced. The four colors represent the four chemicals that make up the instructions for DNA.  

On the threshold of a brave new world

Two separate groups of researchers have published the results of their quest to produce the master blueprint of a human in scientific journals. The massive database of the tens of thousands of genes in the human body, collectively known as the genome, promises to revolutionize medicine in the coming decades.

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  Human Genome Project

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