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"The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) was originally established as the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR) in 1989. Its primary mission is to lead the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) contribution to the Human Genome Project - an international research effort to determine the location of all human genes and to read the entire set of genetic instructions encoded in human DNA.
NHGRI carries out this mission by providing financial support to scientists at university and other, public research laboratories throughout the United States. In addition to supporting the Human Genome Project, NHGRI established a Division of Intramural Research in 1993 to develop genome technologies that would accelerate the process of identifying and understanding the molecular basis of human genetic diseases."
http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10001167
The human genome project was created to "determine the location of all human genes and to read the entire set of genetic instructions encoded in human DNA." This job is a huge one, and it takes very dedicated people to run such an operation. The project "is coordinated in the United States by the NHGRI and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). International HGP partners include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and China." When they're finished they will basically have a blueprint for a person. I don't know if I like the thought of where that could lead. The way the worlds headed today, we might end up mass-producing people someday. Although that may be useful, I think it takes away from the humanity we all have.
The useful part of mapping the human code is that it would help us in the understanding the structure and function of the human genome and its role in health and disease. Understanding leads to finding cures and that is definitely a good thing. Healthier people means longer lives and more time to learn and grow and function. It also means fewer parents having deformed or sick babies and less old people suffering from disease.
`The genomes of the bacterium Escherichia coli; Saccharomyces cerevisiae (commonly known as baker's yeast); Drosophila melanogaster (the fruit fly); and Caenorhabditis elegans (the multi-cellular roundworm) have already been sequenced. In addition, the genomes of the laboratory mouse and rat, animals widely used in biology as models for understanding, treating, and preventing human diseases, are also being sequenced. Due to the tremendous capacity now available for sequencing genomic DNA and because of its research value, NHGRI recently introduced a process by which any researcher can propose a new model organism for genomic analysis, including complete genome sequencing.
The Human Genome Project's goal of producing a highly accurate "finished" sequence will be met this year in 2003, under budget and under the projected time. I can only hope that nothing bad comes of it, and that there will be very much in the way of good.
NHGRI carries out this mission by providing financial support to scientists at university and other, public research laboratories throughout the United States. In addition to supporting the Human Genome Project, NHGRI established a Division of Intramural Research in 1993 to develop genome technologies that would accelerate the process of identifying and understanding the molecular basis of human genetic diseases."
http://www.genome.gov/page.cfm?pageID=10001167
The human genome project was created to "determine the location of all human genes and to read the entire set of genetic instructions encoded in human DNA." This job is a huge one, and it takes very dedicated people to run such an operation. The project "is coordinated in the United States by the NHGRI and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). International HGP partners include the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan and China." When they're finished they will basically have a blueprint for a person. I don't know if I like the thought of where that could lead. The way the worlds headed today, we might end up mass-producing people someday. Although that may be useful, I think it takes away from the humanity we all have.
The useful part of mapping the human code is that it would help us in the understanding the structure and function of the human genome and its role in health and disease. Understanding leads to finding cures and that is definitely a good thing. Healthier people means longer lives and more time to learn and grow and function. It also means fewer parents having deformed or sick babies and less old people suffering from disease.
`The genomes of the bacterium Escherichia coli; Saccharomyces cerevisiae (commonly known as baker's yeast); Drosophila melanogaster (the fruit fly); and Caenorhabditis elegans (the multi-cellular roundworm) have already been sequenced. In addition, the genomes of the laboratory mouse and rat, animals widely used in biology as models for understanding, treating, and preventing human diseases, are also being sequenced. Due to the tremendous capacity now available for sequencing genomic DNA and because of its research value, NHGRI recently introduced a process by which any researcher can propose a new model organism for genomic analysis, including complete genome sequencing.
The Human Genome Project's goal of producing a highly accurate "finished" sequence will be met this year in 2003, under budget and under the projected time. I can only hope that nothing bad comes of it, and that there will be very much in the way of good.