What is the Human Genome Project, and how did it come to be?

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4 billion or more years ago, the first spec of life appeared as a bubble. This may not seem important, but this bubble wrote the chemical code for life, and then passed it on. This object that was passed on is DNA, which carries a person's individual traits. A DNA molecule consists of two strands that wrap around each other in the form of a double helix, whose sides, made of sugar and phosphate molecules, are …

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…almost perfect resolution. But to my children, this means almost having genetic invincibilty against any type of disease that my wife or I have the potential of giving them. By then, I am hopefull that scientists will be able to find out what types of diseases a person may have when they get older, and ways to get rid of these before it can do any harm. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** www.pbs.org www.celera.com