Welcome to my web page on how the human genome is being mapped!
This page provides a brief introduction as to what the Human genome project is about and what you can find on my website.
There are many different mapping strategies that scientists are using to understand humans genetic blueprints.
This is a multimillion dollar project that has a completion date scheduled for 2005, and scientist are on their way to having it finished for the due date.
The Mapping of the human genome involves:
 | the division of chromosomes into fragments that can be characterized and reproduced |
| mapping the fragments so that they correspond to where they would be on the actual chromosome. |
There are many goals to the human genome project which include:
| to identify approximately all 30 000 genes in human DNA |
| to determine the sequence of the 3 000 000 bases pairs (A+T, G+C) that makes up the double helix of DNA |
| to store this information in a database |
| to have the tools used for data analysis improved |
| to eventually transfer relation technologies to the private sector for private use |
| to address the many legal, ethical and social issues that people have concerns about regarding the project. |
There
are Many Benefits to the Mapping of the Human Genome
There are many benefits to the human genome project despite all the legal, ethical and social issues surrounding it. The mapping and research that is being done will give humans a better understanding of what we are made up of, and what other species are made up of as far as genetic material is concerned.
When the location of a disease on a chromosome is found, the profession of medicine will undergo a change. When DNA information and clinical technologies are combined, theory will change from illness treatment to prevention.
Each individuals sensitivity to a particular disease will be able to be learned and this will allow further research into prevention drugs, therapy techniques and avoidance of what may trigger the disease and eventually, possible replacement of the defective gene.
There will be a further understanding as to how genes that contract cancer generate the disease through finding their location of a chromosome and then being able to study them further.
