Reacción a "Reactions: first draft of human pangenome published"

This study is led by an international team of researchers from the US NIH's Human PanGenome project. Its ultimate goal is to characterise the genomic variability of the human population by sequencing and reassembling the genomes of 350 individuals of different origins. 

More than 20 years ago, the Human Genome Project presented us with a vision of the human genome of a single individual. This genome was completed only a year ago with the sequencing of the repetitive parts of the genome. 

However, in human populations there is a lot of gene variability that, together with the environment, makes us different. With the work presented today, the genome of 47 humans representing different geographical areas of the planet has been reassembled. In other words, 47 projects have been made like the original Human Genome. 

Although each of these reassembled genomes may still contain errors and only represent a limited number of individuals, this work paves the way towards more accurate personalised medicine for any patient regardless of their geographical origin.