澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 基因组计划的前世今生

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The genome era began in 2001, with the successful reading of the three billion letters of DNA¹ that make up the human genome. That triggered frenzied² research activity, and high expectations of medical breakthroughs and new understandings of living things. So what's the upshot? Has the genome project delivered? Science writer Elizabeth Finkel spent five years researching and interviewing scientists around the world for her book The genome generation.

随着成功阅读组成的人类基因组DNA的三十亿个字母，基因组时代于2001年开始。从而引发狂热的研究活动，高度期待医学突破资讯及对生物新的认识。有什么最新成果?基因组计划成立了吗?科普作家伊丽莎白?芬克尔花费五年的时间为她的新书基因组世代研究并采访全世界的相关科学家。