{"id":112236,"date":"2025-08-02T06:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T06:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/112236\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T06:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T06:02:19","slug":"65-genomes-expand-our-picture-of-human-genetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/112236\/","title":{"rendered":"65 Genomes Expand Our Picture Of Human Genetics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/human-genome.png\" alt=\"A clear DNA double helix\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1056\"  \/>Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/dna-medical-background-biotechnology-helix-gene-2161486391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers have worked both to improve the accuracy of human genetic data, and to expand its diversity, looking at the genetics of people from many different backgrounds. Three genetics experts join Host Ira Flatow to talk about a recent close <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-09140-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">examination of the genomes of 65 individuals<\/a> from around the world, and how it may help researchers get a better understanding of genomic functioning and diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Further Reading<\/p>\n<p>\tDonate To Science Friday<\/p>\n<p>Invest in quality science journalism by making a donation to Science Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<a class=\"btn border no-ajaxy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencefriday.com\/donate-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donate<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Shutterstock The first complete draft of the human genome was published back in 2003. Since then, researchers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":112237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[815,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-112236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-genetics","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114957657465768736","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}