Let’s consider an actual theater script for a minute. You see, we might be better off thinking of human DNA as a script rather than a mold. But as it turns out, the reality is really quite different.
We thought of it as a huge set of strict biological instructions, like a mold for making identical parts in a factory. Part of the problem was that we overestimated the importance of DNA. Identifying and analyzing all of the genes that make up a human being is no small feat, even for a team of dedicated experts – so it's no surprise that the project’s completion led to wild fanfare and public enthusiasm.īill Clinton, who was president when the genome was first fully sequenced, went on record to say, “Today we are learning the language in which God created life.” The UK Science Minister, Lord Sainsbury, declared, “We now have the possibility of achieving all we ever hoped for from medicine.” Big statements, from powerful men – but in hindsight, were they all that accurate? Well, perhaps not entirely.
Mapping the human genome was a gargantuan task.
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