Why it took 20 years to 'finish' the human genome — and why there's still more to do
- Written by Melissa Southey, Chair Precision Medicine, Monash University
Webridge/Wikimedia Commons, CC BYThe release of the draft human genome sequence in 2001 was a seismic moment in our understanding of the human genome, and paved the way for advances in our understanding of the genomic basis of human biology and disease.
But sections were left unsequenced, and some sequence information was incorrect. Now, two...





