The project began in 1990 with an initial plan by the National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Energy estimating a 15-year endeavor to unravel the human genetic code. Having this guide to the human genome will allow scientists a window into the human body and disease at a molecular level. This information has the potential to usher in a new era of medicine, with diseases possibly being detected, treated, and even prevented, at the genetic level in the future. The human genome is the collective name for the 100,000 genes in each cell of the human body. The genes are located on the cell's 23 chromosome pairs - one set comes from the mother and the other set from the father to form a unique genetic makeup.
Genes are the instruction manual for a cell's function and reproduction.
When these bases are strung together, they direct the building of a protein. The protein product is instrumental in helping the cell perform its function. We won't stop until every uncertainty that can be resolved is resolved.