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human genome project
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Human Genome Project
n.
An international research effort to map and identify the role of all genes in the human genome.

human genome project,
n a federally sponsored research project to identify and map the entire gene pool.

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nbsp;to the human genome initiative, Tony White, chairman, president and CEO of Perkin-Elmer, said, "As the pace of genomic sequencing accelerates throughout the world, we are rapidly nearing an era in which genomic information will have a profound effect.
The Los Alamos lab and its so-called GenBank (a repository for genetic sequencing data) join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and Columbia University as the primary centers for the Department of Energy's (DOE) Human Genome Initiative (
This effort builds on Regeneron's internal discovery efforts, as well as the human genome initiative.
 
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