Guidebook for the human genome

A guidebook on the human genome could change the way diseases are treated.

Hundreds of scientists have worked together on more than thirty studies just published.

They show 80% of our genes have some sort of function; a sharp contrast to the previous belief that most of our DNA is not used.

Researchers knew about 1% of our genes are linked to specific proteins which, in turn,cause most diseases.

The new studies find the rest of our genes create a series of on and off switches that tell disease-related genes what to do and when.