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Human genomics: The genome finishers

Nature volume 462, pages 843–845 (2009)Cite this article

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Dedicated scientists are working hard to close the gaps, fix the errors and finally complete the human genome sequence. Elie Dolgin looks at how close they are.

From her windowless fifth-floor office at the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Deanna Church has few distractions from the job that lies before her. On her computer sit 888 open 'tickets', or outstanding problems with the human genome sequence. Although that number fluctuates, it's a not-so-subtle reminder that she and her team at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) have a long way to go to finish the job started nearly two decades ago by the Human Genome Project.

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Elie Dolgin is assistant news editor for Nature Medicine in New York.

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