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‘Huge advances in cancer and rare diseases’: 25 years of the human genome

‘Huge advances in cancer and rare diseases’: 25 years of the human genome

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It’s been 25 years since Bill Clinton announced one of humanity’s most important scientific achievements: the first draft of the human genome. At the time, there was a great deal of excitement about the benefits that this new knowledge would bring, with p

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It has been 25 years since Bill Clinton announced one of humanity’s
most important scientific achievements: the first draft of the
human genome. At the time, there was a great deal of excitement
about the benefits that this new knowledge would bring, with
predictions about curing genetic diseases and even cancer. To find
out which of them came to pass, and what could be in store over the
next two-and-a-half decades, Madeleine Finlay is joined by science
editor Ian Sample, and hears from Prof Matthew Hurles, director of
the Wellcome Sanger Institute. Help support our independent
journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod