X-Message-Number: 11418 Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:00:55 -0800 From: Olaf Henny <> Subject: The Human Genome Project Surpassed?! An interesting site at: http://www.techreview.com/articles/ma99/jegalian.htm Here is the teaser: (snip) ...The researchers work for Celera Genomics Corp., a company formed last May with plans to decode by 2001 all the 3.5 billion chemical letters of DNA that make up human heredity.Celera intends not only to beat by four years the target date originally set by the publicly funded Human Genome Project (which began in 1990), but also to finishthe job for a tenth of the government project's $3 billion price tag. If these claims were coming from another company, they might be dismissed asoutrageous. But Celera is the child of Perkin-Elmer, the instrument company that monopolizes the market for automated DNA sequencing machines, and J. Craig Venter, the most controversial and productive genome researcher in the world. The partners agreed to give TR a preview of the substance behind their ambitious plan, and allowed a reporter to follow along as Celera's facility came into being. There's more, see for yourself. Best, Olaf Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11418