50 years ago, scientists sequenced a gene for the first time

Molecular biology’s flower little one — Science News, January 6, 1973       
Throughout the previous a number of years, some synthetic genes have been synthesized…. However nobody had unraveled an actual gene that dictates the manufacturing of a protein. Now researchers … have finished simply that…. There may be little doubt that sequencing of genes holds highly effective ramifications for the advance of medical science.    

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A brand new period of genetics analysis dawned when scientists reported that they’d deciphered the constructing blocks of a gene belonging to a virus. (The gene itself appears flowerlike when folded up.) Within the many years since, scientists have rendered genetic blueprints, or genomes, for whole organisms throughout the tree of life.

In 2001, the Human Genome Venture launched a tough draft of our collective genome. The grasp blueprint was finally completed last year (SN: 4/23/22, p. 6). Entry to the human genome has led to powerful medical advances, together with the event of focused gene therapies and screenings for uncommon issues (SN: 3/27/21, p. 10). Sooner or later, folks could routinely have their genomes sequenced to watch well being.