Benefits and Implications of Genome Research information about Project benefits, the ethical, legal, and social issues associated with the project, gene testing, and medicine. Human Genome Project Q . The project was planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances have accelerated the expected completion date to 2003. As part of the HGP, parallel studies are being carried out on selected model organisms such as the bacterium E. coli to help develop the technology and interpret human gene function. A rough draft of the human genome was completed in June 2000.
Efforts are still underway to complete the finished, high-quality sequence .
For more information, see About the Human Genome Project . The Department of Energy's Human Genome Program is directed by Ari Patrinos, head of the Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Francis Collins directs the National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute. See the Human Genome Project Progress Web page for an update on all aspects of the Human Genome Project including sequencing, mapping, BAC End sequencing, and ethical, legal, and social issues. See also the Human Genome Project History Web page.