Based on the results from the Human Genome Project (HGP), an international thirteen-year project that began in October 1990, AGS began evaluating specific SNPs identified within its report. The projects' focus was to sequence and map the entire human genome (full set of genes present in the human body). Completed in 2003, the HGP findings gave us the ability to read nature’s complete genetic blueprint for human beings. Based on this solid foundation, AGS further examines DNA to develop new ways to treat, cure, or even prevent the thousands of diseases that afflict humankind.