2006 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2006. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.
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Who was the first person to finish the human genome and did they win a nobel prize?
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Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.: No Nobels yet. The human genome sequence was finished 3 years ago (that's why we have DNA day in April!), but it was done by a team of more than 2000 scientists working in six countries. I had the privilege of leading that team. The genome is our shared inheritance, so it's rather nice that it was done by scientists all over the world, who all agreed to give the data away for free on the internet. |
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