HUMAN GENOME PROJECT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Human Genome Project mean? 

• HUMAN GENOME PROJECT (noun)
  The noun HUMAN GENOME PROJECT has 1 sense:

1. an international study of the entire human genetic material

  Familiarity information: HUMAN GENOME PROJECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMAN GENOME PROJECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An international study of the entire human genetic material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

research project; scientific research (research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses)

 Context examples 

An institute within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that led NIH's contribution to the International Human Genome Project.

(National Human Genome Research Institute, NCI Thesaurus)

Used in gene therapy.(From Human Genome Project Information).

(Gene transfer, NCI Thesaurus)

In 2003, the Human Genome Project created a draft map of the human genome—all the genes in the human body.

(Revealing the human proteome, NIH)

NIH Emphasis Area — In the realm of genetic medicine, the rapid progress of the Human Genome Project, a growing understanding of the genomes of other species, and new methods for the manipulation of genes are swiftly changing concepts of disease and possibilities for its control.

(Genetic Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)