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Human Genome project - China
December 31 , 2017
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- 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.
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