Human Genome Project
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Human Genome Project
First recorded in 1985–90
Example Sentences
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Yang compares it to the Human Genome Project, another large-scale open resource that has been used in many different ways.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 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
The Human Genome Project provided a great example of such sharing, where the Bermuda Principles required that results be posted on the web as quickly as possible.
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2024
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
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