Draft of the Human Genome Sequence Announcement at the White House (2000)
Channel: National Human Genome Research Institute
Date: 29/08/2012

On June 26, 2000, the Human Genome Project (HGP) public consortium announced, in a briefing at the White House, that it assembled a working draft of the sequence of the human genome.  Remarks made by Bill Clinton, Tony Blair (via satellite), Francis Collins, and Craig Venter.

Transcript: http://www.genome.gov/10001356/june-2000-white-house-event
Press Release: https://www.genome.gov/10001457/2000-release-working-draft-of-human-genome-sequence