Advanced English Reading and Comprehension

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EXERCISE

Making a caseWhich of the following should or should not have access to your

genetic information? Give reasons to support your choices.

• Your doctor and other health care providers


• Your parents and family members


• Your school, university, or employer


• The police


• Health insurance companies

Bibliography

Boon, Kevin Alexander, he Human Genome Project: What Does Decoding DNA Mean for Us?

(Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslo Publishers, 2002).

Human Genome Project Information, “About the Human Genome Project,” http://www.ornl.gov/

sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/about.shtml.

“An Overview of the Human Genome Project” (National Human Genome Research Institute,

National Institutes of Health), http://www.genome.gov/12011239.