A Massive Project for the Benefit of Mankind: A Look at the Human Genome Project Scientists are taking medical technology to new heights as they race tomap all of the genes, nearly 100,000, in the 23 chromosomes of the human body.Along the way, they hope to understand the basis of, and maybe even developmethods of treating certain genetic diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and MuscularDystrophy. They plan to do this by identifying the DNA sequence of an abnormalgene in which a disease originates and comparing it with the data of a normal orhealthy gene. The entire research project is entitled "The Human GenomeProject." "The Human Genome Project" is a large scale project being conducted bymore than 200 laboratories, with even more researchers and labs having joined in.Most of the labs and researchers are located in France and the United States.The project started in 1990 and was slated to take 15 years and cost $3 billionin U.S.
