China has launched the world’s largest human genome research project to document the genetic makeup of one lakh people to help generate the precision medicines for the future.
The project will collect the genetic data of Han ethnic majority people from all over the country and nine other ethnic minority groups with a population of more than 5 million including the Zhuang and Hui people.
The project includes four stages - collecting, sequencing gene samples, gathering the data and sharing the findings.
The project will conclude all its gene sequencing and analysis within four years, which will also make it the fastest genome engineering project in the world.