Human Genome Sequencing (Hansard, 16 July 1998)

HC Deb 16 July 1998 vol 316 c284W 284W

§ 33. Mr. Miller
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what share of the world's effort in human genome sequencing is being undertaken in the UK. [49405]

§ Mr. Battle
The UK is undertaking around one third of the world's effort in sequencing the human genome. The UK contribution is made primarily through the work of the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council.
The mapping programme is currently scheduled to be completed by 2005.