... entire genomes are called Genome projects"(Congress, 202). Genome projects are not the effort of a single organization, but instead are groups of organizations working in government and private industry throughout the world. The controversies surrounding the Human Genome Project can be better explained by explaining the structural and moral aspects of the project. Begun in 1990 ... data analysis. The objectives of the Human Genome Project are carried out by organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and various other private organizations. T...

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... to determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA and then to store this information in databases. A critical part of the Project is to improve tools for data analysis and to transfer related technologies to the private sector. In doing so the coordinators of the Human Genome project must address the ethical, legal, and social issues ... ...

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