(CNN) In 2003, the Human Genome Project made history when it sequenced 92% of the human genome. Now, a team of nearly 100 scientists from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has unveiled the complete human genome -- the first time it's been sequenced in its entirety, the researchers say. This remaining 8% of the human genome had stumped scientists for years because of its complexities. But that's a fraction of the almost $450 million that it cost the Human Genome Project to achieve its final sequence in 2003. Charles Rotimi, scientific director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, said in a statement that this scientific achievement is "moving us closer to individualized medicine for all humanity."

Source: CNN April 01, 2022 11:48 UTC