Human Genome Project The Human Genome Project is an international program that was designed to construct detailed genetic and physical maps of the human genome. The idea of sequencing was first proposed by the United States Department of Energy as well as others between 1984 and 1986. Through 1995, the first construction of genetic and physical maps of the human and mouse genomes provided identification of disease genes and notes for the genomic sequence. The main purpose of the Human Genome Project was to identify all human genes and make them accessible for further biological study. It was aimed to find out the function of every gene in the human body and replace any gene that is mutated and causes disease. The National Institute of Health (NIH) joined the Department of Energy in 1989. NIH contributed 3 million dollars to the project and it was mostly government sponsored research. There was also a privately funded project lead by Celera Genomics. The Human Genome Project was set to begin in 1990 and the plan was to finish in 2005 but in April 2003, the complete human genome was produced. Technology was the main reason behind the early completion. The analyzed data was stored in large data centers called GeneBanks. The more experienced …show more content…
The causes of this progression in this project were due to the natural progression of technology, capillary electrophoresis, and higher volumes/lower costs. In 2006, instead of the sequencing costs dropping every eighteen months, they were reduced by dropping by a factor of ten every year. This was caused by two factors: the organic improvement of technology, and the leapfrogging of a series of disconnected technologies over each other. Around 1 billion of risk capital was involved in the improving the sequencing technology. This will lead to new companies producing the newest most improved item for the sequencing