The humane genome project

Title: The humane genome project
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The humane genome project
Begun formally in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project is 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 have accelerated the expected completion date to 2003. Project goals are to *Identify all the approximate 30,000 genes in human DNA, *Determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, *Store this information …showed first 75 words of 3241 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 3241 total…trying to find a cure for disease e.t.c. also if it will benefit forensics, i.e. trying to detect a criminal from a crime scene e.t.c., though, I do disagree with the fact that genetic engineering should be used on things such as 'designer babies' the money used on that can be so much more useful for medical purposes, I believe that the genotype is far more important that the phenotype.

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