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Scientists have for the first time decoded the entire human genome that is responsible for our making. This new feat is set to unlock new methods to enhance human health and identify genetic diversities that have long remained elusive.
An important detail went largely unnoticed amid the celebrations two decades ago of the mapping of the human genome: The job wasn't really finished. The historic sequencing of the roughly 3 billion letters that represent the blueprint of humans was only about 92% complete.
After more than 20 years, researchers have finally decoded the final 8% of the entire set of human DNA.
Scientists, including those at Johns Hopkins, complete the human genome two decades after first draft.