The Human Genome Project: Writing the book of life 25- “When the U.S. Congress allocated funding to the NIH and the Department of Energy,
the Human Genome Project was on its feet.”
a. Great
b. Moderate
c. Very little - “The potential for social stigmatization of individuals on the basis of their genetic makeup
and the ensuing psychological sufering cannot be overlooked or minimized.”
a. Great
b. Moderate
c. Very little - “Even before its completion, the Human Genome Project and the information
disseminating from it were opening doors in the ields of medicine, energy, the
environment, agriculture, bioarchaeology, anthropology, and forensics.”
a. Great
b. Moderate
c. Very little - “Although the Human Genome Project’s picture of human health in the future appears
rosy and immensely hopeful, it has its darker side.”
a. Great
b. Moderate
c. Very little - “Without clear ethical guidance, humankind’s progress could end up in territory we should
never have set foot in.”
a. Great
b. Moderate
c. Very little - “Widespread enthusiasm for the project’s immense potential led to a series of meetings
and conferences in 1986 and 1987.”
a. Great
b. Moderate
c. Very little - “On the basis of this information, it will be possible to predict an individual’s susceptibility
to drugs and to environmental factors that are responsible for allergies.”
a. Great
b. Moderate
c. Very little - “This complexity makes it extremely diicult, if not impossible, for anyone to predict the
outcome of what critics call tampering with nature or playing God.”
a. Great
b. Moderate
c. Very little