Scientists Recently Decoded A Human Genome And It Will Change Humanity Forever
Scientists have decoded a human genome for the first time ever. In 2003, scientists announced that they had successfully sequenced and assembled a human genome - with few gaps here and there.
In all fairness, it couldn't be easy to understand and process the genetic code that essentially makes us all human. But on Thursday, a group of 100 scientists announced that they had filled in all the gaps that were left loose in 2003.
Understanding human genetics better
With help from a new sequencing technology, scientists were able to completely map a single human genome from one end to another. What does this mean? Quite simply, that a lot about what makes us "us" could be revealed to scientists.
While the sequencing of genome was first noted about a year ago, its results were verified and published only on Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Science. In six new articles, scientists describe what went into sequencing a human genome.
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"We¡¯re optimistic there might be keys to human evolution and what makes us uniquely human," Adam Phillippy, a computational biologist at the National Human Genome Research Institute and one of the key figures in this sequencing said.
What does this mean for humanity?
If you're wondering what its implications are, such knowledge could change the route of human life considerably. For starters, it could help scientists identify the genetic causes of disorders, and understanding why some cells develop cancer over time, and also why different people develop different traits over time.
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A human genetics and genomics professor at UC Davis Health, Megan Dennis described the process to NBC as "taking a book, ripping it up into tiny pieces and matching it together again." That sounds nothing short of a landmark victory for science and humanity.
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References
Bush, E. (2022, March 31). A human genome has finally been fully decoded. NBC News.?
