Medical Genetics Begun formally in 1990, the U.s Human Genome Project was a 13 year effort coordinated by the U.s Department of Energy and the National institutes of health the project originally was planned to last 15 years but rapid technological advances accelerated the completion date to 2003Medical Genetics Begun formally in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project was a 13- year effort coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The project originally was planned to last 15 years, but rapid technological advances accelerated the completion date to 2003