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What were these scientists trying to do before 2001, and what are they trying to do now?
Before the year 2001, scientist were:
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/about.shtml
Before the year 2001, scientist were:
- identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA,
- determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA,
- store this information in databases,
- improve tools for data analysis,
- transfer related technologies to the private sector, and
- address the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/about.shtml
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