Decoding Our DNA Craig Venter vs the Human Genome Project

Name: Decoding Our DNA Craig Venter vs the Human Genome Project
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ISBN: 9780761354895

ISBN-10: 0761354891

ISBN-13: 9780761354895

Edition: 2013

Authors: Karen Gunnison Ballen

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In the mid-1980s, a group of biologists proposed a daring project. They suggested that geneticists should sequence the human genome. That meant figuring out the exact order of the three billion chemical pairs that make up human DNA. Sequencing the human genome could help scientists understand how our bodies work—and why they sometimes don't work. It could help doctors diagnose, treat, and prevent certain diseases. Despite skepticism about the project's feasibility and cost, the Human Genome Project launched in 1990, with scientists around the world collaborating on the research. They worked slowly and methodically, trying to produce the most accurate information possible. By 1991 one of…

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List price: $33.27
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/11/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 64
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Introduction: The Crown Jewel of Biology



Humble Beginnings



The Human Genome



The Patent Debates



Genome Sequencing



The Genome War



The Final Round


Timeline


Glossary


Source Notes


Selected Bibliography


Further Information


Index