This is a provocative essay collection dealing with a range of ethical issues emerging from the Human Genome Project.Begun formally in 1990, the U.S. Human Genome Project's (HGP) goals were to identify all the 20,000 to 25,000 genes in human DNA, determine the sequences of the three billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, store this information in databases, improve tools for data analysis, and transfer related technologies to the private sector. It was the first large scientific undertaking to address potential issues that arose from project data, and opened up vast possibilities for the use of genetic data and the alteration of our genetic makeup. This volume is the first to address the diverse range of ethical issues arising from the HGP, and enables professors to bring this critically important topic to life in the classroom.
- ISBN10 1584656956
- ISBN13 9781584656951
- Publish Date 1 June 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Publisher University Press of New England
- Imprint Dartmouth College Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English