Human Genome Project: Expectations and Current Status

Abstract

Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international collaboration among various world scientists to come up with the sequence of complete human genome. There were many expectations associated with it as it was one of the largest projects in life sciences. Much hype was created from the beginning of this project like thediscovery of various genes associated with severe diseases and understanding of their complexities would be very easier after the completion of HGP. It was thought that Genome sequencing will have a great impact on lives of people as it will help in better understanding of human evolution, development of novel therapies and disease diagnosis to discovery of novel drugs. This was also expected that in coming years, treatment for diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes and cancer would be possible by attacking their genetic roots. Although after a decade since the completion of HGP, researchers have tried to get many unsolved queries of human life but still many problems need to be solved in near future. In this review, we have summarized the major expectations and current status of HGP in recent scenario.