U.S. Department of Energy. By 2000, the HGP was two years ahead of schedule and much more in the public eye, thanks to 10 years of exciting announcements that the genes for Alzheimer's Disease, Cystic Fibrosis and other diseases had been found. In this project, you'll learn about the HGP, what exactly its scientists are looking for and what they're finding, and what it means to the future of medicine, health care, government and society. Scientists find possible third breast cancer gene provides an example of the excitement genome mapping can create While Clinton Requests Genetic Privacy shows some of its potential problems 2. Each of the paired strands of DNA contains subunits called nucleotides.
Genes are stretches of nucleotides that carry the information the cell uses to make proteins.
The human genome is made up of about 3 billion base pairs of chromosomes containing 50,000 to 100,000 genes. The main goal of the Human Genome Project is to map the location of all the genes on every chromosome and to determine the precise sequence of nucleotides of the entire genome. This information will serve as the basic reference for research in human biology and medicine and will give us insight into the genetic basis of human diseases. This does not mean they know how to fix the faulty DNA in the chromosome and cure the disease. Inc. All Rights Reserved.