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Sequence African genomes for Africa and the world: scientist – Bangkok Post

PARIS – A $4.5 billion initiative to sequence the genomes of three million Africans would not only benefit a continent long neglected in gene-based healthcare,…

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PARIS – A $4.5 billion initiative to sequence the genomes of three million Africans would not only benefit a continent long neglected in gene-based healthcare, but advance understanding of genetic disease worldwide, the project leader told AFP Wednesday.
Twenty years ago this month, the first complete mapping of the human genome was published after a more than decade-long marathon that marshalled hundreds of scientists and cost three billion dollars.
That pioneering effort revolutionised medicine…

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