<i>&gt; Much of the doubt expressed was based on the experience of the previous 10 years of the project</i><p>Are you sure? Here&#x27;s an update from 1998: &quot;The odds of success at this point are not overwhelming. At the end of this month, the project will be halfway through its planned 15-year course, yet only 3 percent of the genome has been completed.&quot;<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;1998&#x2F;03&#x2F;10&#x2F;science&#x2F;the-struggle-to-decipher-human-genes.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;1998&#x2F;03&#x2F;10&#x2F;science&#x2F;the-struggle-to-de...</a>