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

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