Scientists have finally assembled the full genetic blueprint for human life, adding the missing pieces to a puzzle nearly completed two decades ago. An international team described the first-ever sequencing of a complete human genome – the set of instructions to build a human being – in research published Thursday (31 March 2022) in the journal Science. The previous effort, celebrated across the world, was incomplete because DNA sequencing technologies of the day weren't able to read certain parts of it. Even after updates, it was missing about 8 percent of the genome. "It's equivalent to adding essentially an entire new chromosome to the human genome assembly," says Rajiv McCoy of Johns Hopkins University, who worked on the project. McCoy says new technology has enabled scientists to finish the task they set out on decades ago.
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