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Feb 19, 2004

"As we acquire more knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious." --Albert Schweitzer

Human Genome Mystery

The genome is the complete list of coded instructions needed to make a person. If we recited the genome at one letter per second for 24 hours a day it would take a century to recite the book of life. Between humans, our DNA only differs by 0.2%. But the most astonishing fact is this -- we haven't yet understood 97% of the human genome!