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Adnan Oktar

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some $2.7 billion has already been spent

on the Human Genome Project, 118 far more
than was spent on sending man to the
Moon and back.
The draft of the human DNA se-
quence was completed in 2000. However,
the project assumed its final form, with
the correction of errors and completion of
gaps, only in April 2003. The National
Human Genome Research Institute, and
the U.S. Departments of Energy and

Health co-coordinated the 13-year Human
Genome Project, some of whose objectives
may be summarized:
* To determine the 30,000 or so genes
in the human genome and to produce a
map of the human genes,
* To determine the approximately 3
billion base pair sequences constituting
DNA,
* To preserve the information ob-
tained in data banks for use in future re-
search,
* To develop methods and materials

for the analysis of the data obtained,
* To determine the links between
genes and their functions,
* To establish how genes work as a
single unit in chromosomes, and
* To determine the basis and causes
of genetic diseases.