360What happened in 2003?
6 moments from 2003 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 14 April 2003
Scientists complete the Human Genome Project
On 14 April 2003, scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project, a 13-year international effort to read the roughly 3 billion letters of human DNA. It found that people have only about 20,000 genes. The map has transformed medicine, and reading a genome now costs a tiny fraction of the original price.
- On this day · 14 April 2003
The Human Genome Project is completed
On 14 April 2003, scientists announced the completion of the Human Genome Project, which read the roughly 3 billion letters of human DNA. It found that people have only about 20,000 genes. The work transformed medicine and is freely available to scientists everywhere.
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Human genome sequenced
- 14 April 2003 · from Scientists complete the Human Genome Project
The project is completed
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Human genome sequenced
- 2003 · from The structure of DNA is revealed
Human genome sequenced