It Has Been Called The Holy Grail of Modern Biology.
Passage- It Has Been Called The Holy Grail of Modern Biology. It has been called the Holy Grail of modem biology. Costing more than £2 billion, it is the most ambitious •scientific project since the Apollo programme that landed a man on the moon. And it will take longer to accomplish than the lunar missions, for it will not be complete until early next century. Even before it is finished, according to those involved, this project should open up new understanding of and new treatments fee, many of the ailments that afflict humanity. As a result of the Human Genome Project, there will be new hope of liberation from the shadows of cancer, heart disease, autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, and some psychiatric illnesses. The objective of the Human Genome Project is simple to state but audacious in scope: to map and analyse every single gene within the double helix of humanity’s DNA . The project will reveal a new human anatomy — not the bones, muscles, and sinews, but the c