Completion of the draft sequence of the human genome announced

June 26, 2000. U. S. President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair jointly announce the completion of the working draft sequence of the human genome. At this time, approximately 97 percent of the human genome had been identified and mapped. In 2003, the project was completed.

The Human Genome Project provides science with vast amounts of information, still being uncovered, about the relationship between genetics and human behaviour, disease, and abilities (Kevles, 2011). Subsequently, a number of therapies could be developed from this knowledge, as well as the possibility of improving human beings through genetics (Kevles, 2011), which leads to complicated relationships with eugenic theories.

-Erna Kurbegovic and Colette Leung

  • Noble, I. (2003). Human Genome Finally Complete. BBC News. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2940601.stm.

  • Kevles, D. J. (2011). From Eugenics to Patents: Genetics, Law, and Human Rights. Annals of Human Genetics, 75, 326-333. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00648.x

Completion of the draft sequence of the human genome announced

June 26, 2000. U. S. President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair jointly announce the completion of the working draft sequence of the human genome. At this time, approximately 97 percent of the human genome had been identified and mapped. In 2003, the project was completed.

The Human Genome Project provides science with vast amounts of information, still being uncovered, about the relationship between genetics and human behaviour, disease, and abilities (Kevles, 2011). Subsequently, a number of therapies could be developed from this knowledge, as well as the possibility of improving human beings through genetics (Kevles, 2011), which leads to complicated relationships with eugenic theories.

-Erna Kurbegovic and Colette Leung

  • Noble, I. (2003). Human Genome Finally Complete. BBC News. Retrieved from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2940601.stm.

  • Kevles, D. J. (2011). From Eugenics to Patents: Genetics, Law, and Human Rights. Annals of Human Genetics, 75, 326-333. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2011.00648.x