The Human Genome Project
The Human Genome Project (HGP) began with a very ambitious goal, which was “to map and sequence the entire human genome--some 3 billion base pairs that make up approximately 80-100,000 genes--and the genomes of related model organisms by the year 2005” (Meslin, Thomson, & Boyer 1997, p. 291). Though the technology to complete the project did not yet exist at the time of its beginning, technology rapidly advanced which allowed its initial goals to be completed in 2003 (“About” 2011, para. 1). The ethical, legal, and social implications of the HGP are of great concern. The advances possible bring ...
