我們都知道信息存儲、傳輸和處理是提高社會整體發展水平的最重要的保障條件之一，也是世界各國高技術競爭的焦點之一。但并非每一個人都知道，世界上最重要的信息是人類基因組提供的信息。//人類基因組蘊含著人類生、老、病、死的絕大多數遺傳信息，破譯這些信息將會在疾病的診斷、新藥物的研制、新療法的探索等領域引發一場革命。//一些科學家認為，破譯人類遺傳密碼的重要性不亞于人類登月的“阿波羅計劃”。人類基因組圖譜及初步分析結果的公布，對生物科學和生物技術的發展起著重要的推動作用。// 我們確信的是，35 億年前高度復雜的分子 DNA 就出現了。DNA 是地球上所有生命的基礎，它有著像螺旋式樓梯一樣的雙螺旋結構。//

We all know that information storage, transmission and processing constitute some of the most important guarantee conditions for enhancing the level of overall social development, as well as a focal point in the competition of high technologies between various countries. But not everyone realizes that the most significant information reservoir is no other than the human genome.// The human genome contains most of the hereditary information related to the birth, aging, diseases and death of humankind. Its decoding will bring about a revolution to the diagnosis of diseases, to the development of new medicines and to the exploration of new therapies.// Some scientists believe the work to decipher the human genetic code is no less important than the Apollo moon landing program. The publication of the map and preliminary conclusion of the human genome played an important role in promoting the development of life science and biotechnology.// What we do know is that by three and a half billion years ago the highly complicated molecule DNA had emerged. DNA is the basis of all life on earth. It has a double helix structure, like a spiral staircase.//