One of biology’s most spectacular achievements – the race to sequence the human genome – was billed as a way to end disease. Here’s where it led.
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Finding the Code: The Race to Sequence the Human Genome and What It Means
- Producer:
- Jill Rosenbaum
- Associate Producers:
- Noah Madoff
- Meral Agish
- Olivia Katrandjian
- Editor:
- Sandrine Isambert
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