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The First Draft of Human Genome Project

In an effort to find new treatments for cancer and other hereditary diseases hundreds of scientists got involved in mapping our DNA. The first draft was made available in the year 2000.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project