{"id":29821,"date":"2018-10-26T12:38:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=29821"},"modified":"2018-10-26T12:38:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T07:08:26","slug":"for-a-digital-library-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/for-a-digital-library-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"For a digital library of life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/for-a-digital-library-of-life\/article23650279.ece\"><b>For a digital library of life<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similar to Human Genome Project, scientists have proposed Earth BioGenome Project, a massive project to sequence, catalogue and analyze the genomes of all eukaryotic species on the planet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Human Genome Project:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Human Genome Project was an international research effort to determine the sequence of the human genome and identify the genes that it contain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project operated from 1990 to 2003<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Significance of the Project:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It gave scientists a way to link networks of genes with disease and well-being<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project had major impact in the fields of medicine, biotechnology, and the life sciences.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>About Earth BioGenome Project:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Project has been envisaged in the paper titled \u201cEarth BioGenome Project: Sequencing life for the future of life\u201d published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It proposes a detailed genome-sequence draft of all eukaryote species <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project has a 10-year road map and hopes to sequence about 1.5 million eukaryote species in three phases.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Prerequisites for the project:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Innovative computations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Storage solutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global collaboration<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Way Ahead:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BioGenome Project has the potential to transform our understanding life on Earth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can pave the way for new innovations in medicine, agriculture, conservation, technology and genomics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a digital library of life Context: Similar to Human Genome Project, scientists have proposed Earth BioGenome Project, a massive project to sequence, catalogue and analyze the genomes of all eukaryotic species on the planet About Human Genome Project: The Human Genome Project was an international research effort to determine the sequence of the human&hellip; 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