Human Genome Project

American  

noun

1. a federally funded U.S. scientific project to identify both the genes and the entire sequence of DNA base pairs that make up the human genome.

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Etymology

Origin of Human Genome Project

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

While the Human Genome Project transformed our understanding of genetics, it addressed only part of the disease equation.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2026

This was completed in 2003 by the Human Genome Project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

In 1988, he became the first director of the $3-billion Human Genome Project, whose goal was to identify and map every human gene.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

I was a graduate student when the Human Genome Project was nearing completion a little over two decades ago.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2022

In about twelve hours, in an undergraduate dorm room in New York, he had poured the foundation for the Human Genome Project.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee