The Human Genome Project

The Human Genome Project raises several social and ethical issues for humans. These Web pages explain the goals of the project as well as the issues associated with it.

http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/home.shtml

http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/elsi/elsi.html 

Read through the lists and choose two of the issues. For each one, briefly define it and compose an answer to the questions posed on the Web page for that issue. Then answer the following questions:

1. Do you think these issues should have been serious enough for us to stop the research on the project? Why or why not?

2. How do you think we should manage the information that is available as a result of the Human Genome Project?