HGP Human Genome Project (also Human Genome Initiative). Started in 1988, the scientific goal is to map and sequence the human DNA . It has a current annual U.S. budget of $200 million with a fifteen-year timeline and a $3 billion

the Human Genome Project (HGP ), sometimes referred to as the Human Genome Initiative (HGI). Started in 1988, HGP is a “big science” project, international in scope, involving numerous laboratories and associations of scientists

over a fifteen year period. HGP research in the US is coordinated at the National Human Genome Research Institute, located at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Knowledge gained by HGP researchers and by other gene

the Human Genome Project (HGP ). The aim of the HGP is new knowledge and the betterment of human health, but the germ-line debate is over taking actions now that might potentially improve the health or relieve the suffering of people who do not

look forward to the advances HGP will bring for expanding this important work. Yet, the ethically minded stop short of endorsing genetic selection and manipulation for the purposes of "enhancing" the quality of biological life for

prominently among possible HGP repercussions, “discrimination: the suffering and/or hardship that may result for persons with late-onset disease like Huntington’s or Alzheimer ’s disease, or with a genetic predisposition to

promises for a better life, HGP could inadvertently add a whole new class of poor and uninsured people. Topic Index More: Preventing Genetic Discrimination Show Related Topics

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