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Inside the Dramatic Race to Decode the Human Genome

Author
WHYY
Published
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Episode Link
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_12369_2c722abb-f259-4a4a-8a8f-664875514184&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F12369%2Fthepulse.xml

Twenty-five years ago, President Bill Clinton announced a historic achievement: The completion of the first-ever survey of the human genome. The ceremony focused on the power of unity and collaboration — but, behind the scenes, the journey to this generational discovery had been marked by a bitter, cut-throat competition. We  look back at the race to decode the human genome — and who really won.

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