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In a simultaneous press release issued on Monday, 26 June 2000, the Human Genome Project, an international government-funded project, and Celera Genomics (a us privately funded body) announced that they had assembled a 'working draft' of the human genome sequence. For most scientists, not to speak of laypersons, this piece of news evoked excitement as well as wonder. This is how some eminent personalities view the breakthrough
-- V Ramalingaswami
National Research Professor, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
-- G P Talwar
Director Research, Talwar Research Foundation, New Delhi
-- Partha Pratim Majumder
Professor, Anthropology and Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
-- M G K Menon
Former Union minister of state for science and technology
-- P M Bhargava
Former director, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
-- S K Brahmachari
Head, functional Genomics Unit,Director, Centre for Biochemical technology, CSIR
-- Vidyanand Nanjundiah
Developmental Biology and Genetic laboratory, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore