Job Done: Scientists Fill in Missing Gaps to Complete Map of Human Genome

The Human Genome Project produced the most complete map of human genetics ever assembled in 2003 — but that map still held many uncharted territories.

It did not contain about 8% of the human genome, representing crucial regions and large gaps that have remained hidden from scientists.

Now, an ambitious team of researchers has gone back and filled those empty spaces, assembling the first fully complete and gapless sequence of a human genome.

The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium, a team of around 100 scientists across the United States, announced Thursday that it has made publicly available a truly comprehensive set of genetic instructions for the human body.