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 and Olivia Katrandjian
Editor: Sandrine Isambert
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Part of the The Code Series
The Code

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The race to sequence the human genome was also billed as a race to end disease. So what happened? With CRISPR-Cas9, Precision Medicine and genetic testing all making headlines, Retro Report investigates.

 

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