Completed in 2003, following years of research and development, the $3.8bn human genome project was the largest ever collaboration in biology ever undertaken. Technology advances today mean that it is now possible for one researcher to sequence a human gene in a month. Cliff Saran finds out how IT is at the core of Cancer Research's efforts to find a cure for cancer.

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