Studying the genetic diversity of humanity to better treat us

by time news

2023-05-10 20:35:47

An international consortium has published a series of papers presenting a first draft of a human ‘pangenome’. Darryl Leja

DECRYPTION – The publication of the genomes of 47 different people aims to represent a more complete view of the genes of the human species.

Finding your bearings in the human genetic code in a known and marked territory. Twenty years after the publication of the first human genome, the description of all of an individual’s DNA is the gamble that geneticists are about to succeed.

A series of articles published in the journal Nature by an international consortium presents a first draft of a “genome” human. In other words, a very large number of genome variations found within our species.

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