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A Japanese history of the Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the most important international achievements in life sciences, to which Japanese scientists made remarkable contributions. In the early 1980s, Akiyoshi Wada pioneered the first project for the automation of DNA sequencing technology. Ken-ichi Matsubara exhib...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31611500 http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.95.031 |
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description | The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the most important international achievements in life sciences, to which Japanese scientists made remarkable contributions. In the early 1980s, Akiyoshi Wada pioneered the first project for the automation of DNA sequencing technology. Ken-ichi Matsubara exhibited exceptional leadership to launch the comprehensive human genome program in Japan. Hideki Kambara made a major contribution by developing a key device for high-speed DNA sequencers, which enabled scientists to construct human genome draft sequences. The RIKEN team led by Yoshiyuki Sakaki (the author) played remarkable roles in the draft sequencing and completion of chromosomes 21, 18, and 11. Additionally, the Keio University team led by Nobuyoshi Shimizu made noteworthy contributions to the completion of chromosomes 22, 21, and 8. In April 2003, the Japanese team joined the international consortium in declaring the completion of the human genome sequence. Consistent with the HGP mandate, Japan has successfully developed a wide range of ambitious genomic sciences. |
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spelling | pubmed-68191492019-11-04 A Japanese history of the Human Genome Project SAKAKI, Yoshiyuki Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci Review The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the most important international achievements in life sciences, to which Japanese scientists made remarkable contributions. In the early 1980s, Akiyoshi Wada pioneered the first project for the automation of DNA sequencing technology. Ken-ichi Matsubara exhibited exceptional leadership to launch the comprehensive human genome program in Japan. Hideki Kambara made a major contribution by developing a key device for high-speed DNA sequencers, which enabled scientists to construct human genome draft sequences. The RIKEN team led by Yoshiyuki Sakaki (the author) played remarkable roles in the draft sequencing and completion of chromosomes 21, 18, and 11. Additionally, the Keio University team led by Nobuyoshi Shimizu made noteworthy contributions to the completion of chromosomes 22, 21, and 8. In April 2003, the Japanese team joined the international consortium in declaring the completion of the human genome sequence. Consistent with the HGP mandate, Japan has successfully developed a wide range of ambitious genomic sciences. The Japan Academy 2019-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6819149/ /pubmed/31611500 http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.95.031 Text en © 2019 The Japan Academy This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review SAKAKI, Yoshiyuki A Japanese history of the Human Genome Project |
title | A Japanese history of the Human Genome Project |
title_full | A Japanese history of the Human Genome Project |
title_fullStr | A Japanese history of the Human Genome Project |
title_full_unstemmed | A Japanese history of the Human Genome Project |
title_short | A Japanese history of the Human Genome Project |
title_sort | japanese history of the human genome project |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31611500 http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.95.031 |
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