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Pandora's Box

Human Genome

By Karen GillanahPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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As advanced intelligent creatures on Earth, the human genetic sequence is complex and mysterious. Each part of our genes is like a colorful puzzle piece, which together forms the great and magical plate of a human genetic sequence.

Unraveling the human genome has always been like opening a mysterious Pandora's Box for us. What would it mean to us if the human genome could be 100% sequenced?

The complete human genome sequence

The human genome is also known as the human genome. The human genome is composed of 23 pairs of chromosomes, which wonderfully record the human genetic sequence and play a vital role in maintaining the normal functioning of the human body.

We need to unravel the secrets of the human genome sequence set. To understand the future of the human past, it is also necessary to initiate research on the genome.

A mysterious organization called "T2T Consortium" has announced that they have completely researched the human genome and sequenced 100% of the genes. The mysterious group, also known as the Telomere to Telomere Consortium, is a virtual community consortium.

The T2T Consortium is made up of 114 scientists from around the world and is led by Karen Miga of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Adam Phillippy of the National Institute of Human Genetics.

The T2T Consortium is a group of elite scientists from around the world working toward a single goal: "to sequence the complete human genome". Scientists are doing their best to contribute to human genetic research.

During the three years of the T2T Consortium's existence, 114 scientists, with no specific funding source, have worked together to overcome the "human genome" problem and have made an incredible contribution to the development of human civilization.

The T2T Consortium is not the first organization to initiate research on human genome sequencing.

The Human Genome Project, the largest human genome sequencing project in history, was launched in 1990 by six countries, including China, the United States, and France, with over 2,000 scientists from around the world working on the project.

The project lasted 13 years, and after years of research, scientists finally released the results to the public in 2004, which was the first genetic sequencing map in human history. However, due to the difficulty of the research, this sequencing map is not a complete genetic sequencing map, there are still 8% of gene sequences waiting for people to explore.

So after the Human Genome Project, more and more scientists have been working on the human genetic sequence.

As the "genetic torch" is passed from generation to generation, human beings continue to improve their genetic sequence map. With the publication of the T2T-CHM13 human genetic map, it seems that human beings have gradually opened Pandora's Box of genes.

What does it mean to open Pandora's Box of genes?

For human beings, genes are the "seeds" of life, and it is the continuous development of genes that makes us more "complete". Therefore, opening Pandora's Box of genes is a journey for us to find the origin of life.

First, opening the box will help us to find out the secrets of human evolution. Whether it is the origin of human beings or the process of human evolution, it is always a mystery to us. Without a complete genetic sequence, we cannot find out about our "past".

If the human genome were sequenced to 100%, it would be possible to trace the origin of human development with genes and understand the history of human evolution. We can observe the secrets of human evolution through genes that have traveled for thousands of years.

Second, opening the magic box will help us evolve our genes. As ordinary living beings made up of cells, human beings can never escape the harm brought by diseases during the process of growth. Especially at the beginning of our birth, there may even be some rare genetic problems attached to the recessive genes of our parent's generation.

If we can understand the secrets of our genes in their entirety, then there is a great probability that we will be able to evolve our genes as well. Through the understanding of genes, we can upgrade scientific equipment as well as a genetic inheritance in the human body. At that time, human beings will be able to reduce the suffering caused by diseases.

Finally, opening the magic box will help us advance civilization. Human civilization is rooted in human beings themselves, and over the years, human beings have evolved through constant upgrades and have become more and more intelligent, and on this basis, human civilization has also stepped up to a new ladder of development.

If human beings can understand their complete genetic sequencing, then we can also be more clear about the source of our intelligence. In the future, a complete genetic map is likely to give a great impetus to the development of human civilization, allowing it to move to a new level of development, and we will be able to develop a higher level of civilization with a complete genetic map.

The continued completeness of the genetic map means that humans will learn more and more about themselves. With the opening of the "genetic Pandora's Box", more and more countries will use genes as a weapon to carry out secret plans. In these secret programs, there is no way to ensure that every program will be beneficial to human development.

Human desire is endless, and so is greed. In this case, genes may be used by some countries with ulterior motives to become "genetic weapons" to attack human development. But Pandora's Box has been opened, and it is up to us to decide where the future of humanity will go.

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Karen Gillanah

The aggravation that can be told is not aggravation; the lover that can be snatched away is not a lover.

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