Human Genome Project (help) (1 Viewer)

[psych_girl]

Who can tell me what advantage and disadv. for Human Genome Project? I didnt do it as eletive in HSC, but for my uni course, we need it. Thanks very much....

 

[thejosiekiller]

ah its all to do with research advantages and the disadvantages of crumulent business ethics

ud find it in some hsc notes and other places like journals

sorry i dont know more of the top of my head

 

[bluesky100]

Mmm ....

Advantages/benefits:

-improving our knowledge of gene expression,
-elucidating the function of the large proportion of DNA we know little about
-discovering possible means of diagnosis for some genetic diseases,
-discovering possible treatments for currently untreatable genetic diseases
-discovering new tools and techniques for genetic research,
-generating the ability to go directly from a trait to a gene,
-identifying genetically validated therapeutic targets which would increase the cost-benefit ratio in pharmaceutical discovery,
-investigating the development of drug resistance in bacteria,
-investigating antigenic variation and host-parasite interaction at both the host and parasite level.

Disadvantages:

-the cost – the money could be spent elsewhere,
-the anguish resulting from knowing that a person has an untreatable genetic disease,
-the use or misuse of genetic information by such organisations as insurance companies and employers,
-the ownership of genetic test results,
-the patenting of human genes and DNA,
-the increasing gap between rich and poor countries in the quality of life and the level of health and disease treatment,
-the exploitation of isolated populations in the search for disease genes,
-the ethics of accumulating genotypic profiles of people - are they able to be used for anything that the researcher wants,
-decisions about the ownership of data by 'affected' or donor individuals,
-the ethics of germline gene therapy,
-the ethics of somatic gene therapy,
-the costs of genetic treatment versus benefit to the community.

Btw, if you really want to read further into the technological, moral and social implications of it (HGP) I've added you can view an article on it here

Nb: be patient if you're using dial-up - the pages may take a while to load.

 

[malkin86]

This: ( http://www.boredofstudies.org/community/showthread.php?t=35366 ) may be too much HSC-level for you, but it still may help in solidifying the idea.

 

[psych_girl]

Thanks, guys