What Does Every Human Gene Do? This Massive Project Is About To Find Out

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What Does Every Human Gene Do? This Massive Project Is About To Find Out

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But what does each gene do? Of the roughly 20,000 genes that encode proteins, we’re only privy to a small fraction of their functions. The most studied genes are related to diseases. Many others hum along in the background, keeping our bodies running, but how exactly isn’t known. An ambitious project now a…