Silver Anniversary Of The Human Genome Project - Data Intelligence

Silver Anniversary Of The Human Genome Project - Data Intelligence

25 years ago, on June 26, 2000, President Bill Clinton hosted a White House celebration to mark the first draft of the Human Genome Project (HGP). The announcement capped two years of fierce rivalry between the international human genome sequencing consortium, led by Francis Collins, MD, PhD, (National Institutes of Health) and the private takeover spearheaded by J. Craig Venter, PhD, (Celera Genomics). To mark the silver anniversary of this his…

Francis Collins Reflects on Human Genome Project’s 25th Anniversary

25 years ago, Francis Collins, MD, PhD, led the international consortium that completed the first draft of the Human Genome Project (HGP), an event marked at an historic White House celebration on June 26, 2000. Earlier this year, Collins abruptly retired from the NIH where he’d served for 32 years, including his historic tenure for 12 years as NIH director. Francis Collins, MD, PhD Former Director, NIH In April, Collins sat down with GEN editor…