"The Human Genome Project" is a large scale project being conducted by more than 200 laboratories, with even more researchers and labs having joined in. Most of the labs and researchers are located in France and the United States. The project started in 1990 and was slated to take 15 years and cost $3 billion in U.S. money for the entire project coming to roughly $200 million per year. Federal funding for the project is nearly 60% of the annual need. This has created som

The results of the Human Genome Project offer a plethora of new medicines. By finding out early if our genes put us at risk for certain problems, we can change our lifestyles to avoid them. Plus, scientists hope to one day use this research to manufacture drugs and manipulate genes, to prevent problems from arising. The opportunities to save and improve human life are virtually endless and it’s only logical to begin at the bottom, the starting blocks of DNA, the genes. Yet, simultaneously cracking the secrets of life raises many important ethical issues. Some people feel that this information gives insurance companies unfair advantage over those covered by medical insurance and point out that release of genetic information to insurance companies puts a severe disadvantage on the person who is screened, as well as violates the patients’ right to privacy. If this genetic information is not safeguarded as confidential for the patient's and doctor's knowledge alone, then the patient can be labeled as undesirable and the patient may not be able

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