July 16, 1999

The Real Impact of the Race to Sequence the Human Genome

By DAVID L. WHEELER

Many scholars say it's not so much who wins, but what kind of access to information they'll receive at the end

On paper, the code for DNA looks like the work of an energetic lunatic who has pounded on a typewriter with only four letters.

The DNA script, in which the letters C, G, A, and T stand for the molecule's chief components, appears mind-numbingly boring to most people.

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