The scientific outcomes of the human genome project will include a resource of genomic maps and DNA sequence information that will provide detailed information about the structure, organization, and characteristics of human DNA, information that represents the basic set of inherited "instructions" for the development and performance of a human being. The Human Genome Project began in the mid 1980's and was widely looked at within the scientific community and public press through the last half of that decade. ... The Office of Technology Assessment and the National Research Council p...

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The scientific products of the human genome project will include a resource of genomic maps and DNA sequence information that will provide detailed information about the structure, organization, and characteristics of human DNA, information that constitutes the basic set of inherited "instructions" for the development and functioning of a human being. The Human Genome Project began in the mid 1980's and was widely examined within the scientific community and public press through the last half of that decade. ... The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) and the National Research Council...

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With the rapid growth of the use of technology, researchers are beginning to use genetic technology to obtain a better understanding of the human genome and phenotypes or physical characteristics that result. Genetic engineering, which is also known as genetic modification, is the alteration of genetic substance; it is a scientific alternation of the structure of genetic material in a living organism. ... New technologies like genetic engineering are extremely expensive, which means wealthy people are the only once who will be able to eliminate genetic diseases. ... Personally I believe thi...

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The scientific products of the HGP will contain a resource of genomic maps and DNA sequence information that will provide detailed information about the structure, organization and characteristics of human DNA. ... The success of these specific goals will require the development of a variety of new technology. When the initial goals were adopted in 1990, it was understood that achieving them would require a significant degree of improvement in the necessary technology. From the beginning, efforts to improve technologies were successful and those successes have had the continuous effect of chan...

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Information generated and technologies developed will revolutionize future biological explorations. ... Medical practices will be altered when new clinical technologies based on DNA diagnostics are combined with information coming from genome maps. ... The information we gain from these types of studies will then allow us to develop new technology that will revolutionize future biological explorations. ... It should be used to cure diseases by gene therapy and to better our lives with this technology. It should not be used to make a "Super Breed" of humans or cloning as this is a major ethic...

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Essay #3: Gattaca The human genome project is a great scientific advance but is society ready for it? ... They have the technology available to remove diseases or enhance looks and abilities. ... Marilyn Martone is correct when she suggests that "[t]he risks that this technology might lead to racism or classism are great"(81). ... We have to be careful on how we use our scientific advances. ...

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From 1910-1940, the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, which was the center of American eugenics research, was charged with keeping the records and pedigrees that were considered scientific "facts" in their day. ... Finally in 1935, a panel convened by the Carnegie Institution, concluded that the vast majority of work sponsored by the Eugenics Record Office was without scientific merit and recommended a halt to its eugenic social programs; though they persisted until severe pressure from the public and association with the Nazi eugenic program finally put a final stop to it. ... E...

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The idea to undertake such a project was came about through a series of scientific conferences held between 1985 and 1987. ... After doing the research for this project and learning about the implications of this project I feel that we should continue in good faith and hope that the technology is never used for non-medicinal purposes. ...

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The idea to undertake such a project was came about through a series of scientific conferences held between 1985 and 1987. ... After doing the research for this project and learning about the implications of this project I feel that we should continue in good faith and hope that the technology is never used for non-medicinal purposes. ...

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Aristotle's way of thinking referred to as Aristotelian materialism was the beginning of scientific inquiry and because of this he is referred to as the father of modern science. ... We only need to watch T.V. to see that we are always amerced in things that remind us of the triumph of science and technology. ...

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