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The Human Genome Project: creating an infrastructure for biology and medicine
T D Yager1, D A Nickerson, L E Hood
1NSF Science and Technology Center for Molecular Biotechnology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.
Abstract:
The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international effort to map and sequence the human genome. It combines skills from diverse fields of biological and technological research, thus establishing deeper interactions between scientific disciplines. The combination of these skills should stimulate many advances in both pure and applied fields of research and give rise to new, interdisciplinary training programs. Some critics say that the HGP will damage biomedical research; however, we argue that it will bring new funds to the field and create a large ripple effect by providing new research opportunities through its discoveries.
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