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- 1Francis Collins speaks on faith and science at university forum▼Francis Collins reflects on finding faith through science at Weinstein-Rosenthal Forum
Francis Collins, the geneticist who led the Human Genome Project and former director of the US National Institutes of Health, spoke about how his scientific work led him to religious faith at the Weinstein-Rosenthal Forum. He reflected on the relationship between science and belief, drawing on his own journey from strict atheism to Christianity.
- 2Scientists launch effort to sequence the human RNome▼The Human RNome Project Consortium seeks to publish first-ever complete sequence of the body’s RNA
The Human RNome Project Consortium is working toward publishing the first-ever complete sequence of the body's RNA, complementing the genome by mapping the full set of RNA molecules. The project would give researchers a new layer of understanding of how genes are expressed and could advance research into disease and therapeutics, drawing attention from the scientific community.