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The Human Genome Project +5
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The Human Genome Project Plus 5. The five years since the draft of the human genome was published have been productive but bumpy. What will the next five be like?

BY VICTOR K. McELHENY

Five years after publication of two drafts of the human genome, Maynard Olson of the University of Washington finds himself longing for another "lurch." To be sure, genomic scientists across the world have chalked up many achievements since 2001, but, like many of his colleagues, Olson is feeling more impatient than celebratory.

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