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OnJune26,2000,twoscientists,calledFrancisCollinsandCraigVenter,toldtheworldthattheycouldnowreadthewhole“map”ofthehumanbody:DNA.DNAissomethingthateverybodyhas,andittellsthebodywhattodo.DNAisthereasonthatwelooklikeourmotherandfather,becausewegetsomeoftheirDNAtomakeourown.
Peoplehavebeentryingtounderstandthehumanbodyforalongtime.In1860,GregorMendeldiscoveredaspecialreasonwhywelookthesameasotherpeopleinourfamily.Itisbecauseofsmallthingsnamed“genes”inourbody.In1953,JamesWatsonandFrancisCrickmadeanotherdiscoveryandfoundoutthatthosesmallpartsarerealmessageswrittenintheDNAwithaspeciallanguage.
In1961,MarshallNirenbergandJohannMatthaeifoundamessageinDNAshowinghowDNAtellsthecell(细胞)tobuilditsparts.ScientistshavenowfoundallthewordsintheDNAmap,butwestilldonotunderstandwhattheyalldo.Byunderstandingwhatjustone“word”means,wecanhelpsavemorepeoplefromseveralillnesses.
Mostpeoplehopethatthiswillhelpmakebettermedicineandhelpsickpeople.Otherpeopleworrythatwhenpeoplebegintoknowmorewordsandfindoutlotsofotherinformation,wemightuseitinawrongway,justtomakepeoplemoreattractive,orstopsickpeoplefromgettingjobs.ManwouldhavetomeetalotoftroubleifDNAtechnicwasn’tlimitedinuse.