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What might be the consequences of the human genome project, and why?
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What might be the consequences of the human genome project, and why? A genome is the collective name for the whole set of genes at the centre of most cells in every human on the planet. Genes, made from the chemical DNA, are the recipes for everything that makes us human. Governments and a British charity, the Wellcome Trust, were persuaded by scientists that it was desirable to decode the genome - to decipher the three billion bits of DNA containing our genes. They claim that this will greatly speed up the identification of individual genes, which should lead to medical breakthroughs. Entitled the Human Genome Project, it is a collaboration between the UK, USA, France, Germany, Japan and China. Most diseases are caused by tiny mutations in our genes, like misprints, which means they give out the wrong instructions in cells. These misprints can be inherited, or caused by...
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