Human_Genome_Project

Human Genome Project Human Genome Project (HGP) Introduction: To discover the mystery of the universe is the dream of every scientist. Since human is a part of the universe, therefore to solve the question of explaining the miracle of life is the aim of most scientists. In 20th century, there are 3 national projects in the United States of America and all of them have great achievement and contribution to everyone. The first one, ¡¥Manhattan Project¡¦ in 1940s, the Americans invented Atomic Bomb and end the 2nd world war. The second one is ¡¥Apollo Project¡¦ raised by America President in 1960s and allows man to walk on the Moon. The final one is ¡¥Human Genome Project¡¦. This is leaded by developed countries in 1980s and is the topic that I am going to discuss in the following essay. Background of Human Genome Project: (1) In ¡¥Perilous Knowledge¡¦ by Tom Wilkie, there is a chapter talking about the establishment of HGP. From his introduction, I found that the research of HGP had spread over the world including European countries and Asian countries. Robert Sinsheimer, the American microbiologist, was the first one who suggested HGP and biology could undergo those giant research projects like physics and astronomy. He suggested human, genome, hgp, genetic, project, research, information, genes, gene, one, genetics, dna, therapy, much, disease, result, know, engineering, about, set, scientists, lot, life, first, countries, technology, people, however, fragments, diseases, chromosomes, cannot, abilities, science, potential, out