20 years ago, in February 2001, the “Human Genome Project” resulted in the publication of the first human DNA sequence, the first mapping of our genetic code.
Since then, the genome of more than one million people has been sequenced around the world, with so many small mutations and variations.
Ambroise Wonkam, professor of medical genetics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and chair of the African Society of Human Genetics, wants to start a project of unprecedented scale in Africa: the sequencing of DNA for three million Africans in ten years, at a cost of several billion dollars that would be funded primarily by African states.
Objective: to better understand human origins and enable advances in the medical field. He is a guest of Jeanne Richard.
