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Article: Economic Implications of the Human Genome Project.
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- Business Economics
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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Understanding the human genome is likely to he one of the major scientific accomplishments of the early 21st century. [1] Its implications promise to be profound and far-reaching. The purposes of this article are to place the human genome project (HGP) in historical perspective, describe the current work and its likely future course, make a tentative assessment on its future impact on the world economy, and examine its potential implications for business.
It should be noted at the outset that the HGP represents an extension of a long series of advances in genetic research that have built upon the remarkable work of the nineteenth century pea-planting Austrian ...