The Human Gnome Project


	The Human Gnome Project
	Advantages Predict and prevent diseases - doctors could individually tailor medicines to certain diseases and ensure early treatment if they knew which gene caused which illness. Cures could be found for genetic diseases also. Designing better medicines - scientists could understand how individual bodies will react to the disease and to the possible treatments. Knowing how a disease affects us on a molecular level makes it possible to design more effective treatments. Accurate diagnosis - If we know the genetic cause of a disease, accurate testing will be a lot easier. Improving forensic science - Forensic scientists can produce a DNA fingerprint from biological material found at a crime scene and can match the suspects dna. In the future, it may be possible for the suspects looks to be figured out from the DNA.	Disadvantages Increased Stress - If someone knew from an early age that they're susceptible to a disease, they may worry about it all the time. Gene-ism - People with genetic problems could come under pressure to not have children. Discrimination by employers and insurers - Life insurance could be very difficult to get. Any employers may discriminate against people who are genetically likely to get a disease.
	Evaluation Thousands of scientists from all over the world collaborated and worked together on the HGP to find every single human gene.

Predict and prevent diseases - doctors could individually tailor medicines to certain diseases and ensure early treatment if they knew which gene caused which illness. Cures could be found for genetic diseases also.
Designing better medicines - scientists could understand how individual bodies will react to the disease and to the possible treatments. Knowing how a disease affects us on a molecular level makes it possible to design more effective treatments.
Accurate diagnosis - If we know the genetic cause of a disease, accurate testing will be a lot easier.
Improving forensic science - Forensic scientists can produce a DNA fingerprint from biological material found at a crime scene and can match the suspects dna. In the future, it may be possible for the suspects looks to be figured out from the DNA.

Increased Stress - If someone knew from an early age that they're susceptible to a disease, they may worry about it all the time.
Gene-ism - People with genetic problems could come under pressure to not have children.
Discrimination by employers and insurers - Life insurance could be very difficult to get. Any employers may discriminate against people who are genetically likely to get a disease.

Thousands of scientists from all over the world collaborated and worked together on the HGP to find every single human gene.

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