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Scientists are taking medical technology to new heights as they race to map all of the genes, nearly 100,000, in the 23 chromosomes of the human body. Along the way, they hope to develop methods of treating certain genetic diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Huntington’s Disease. They plan to do this by identifying the DNA sequence of an abnormal gene in which a disease originates and comparing it with the data of a normal or healthy gene. The entire research project is entitled "The Human Genome Project." (Unknown, June 2003) The Human Genome Project is a 13-year effort started in 1990. It is a large scale project b