Eight page paper outlining the Human Genome Project, a research study and project involving cloning of DNA for medical and research use. Written as an ethical issues paper from a nurse's standpoint. It includes the history of the project and uses today and in the future. Also includes potential ethical issues regarding cloning. Complete with references in APA format.

Running head: GENETICS, GENETIC RESEARCH AND CLONING

Genetics, Genetic Research and Cloning

The Human Genome Project

Melissa A. Buzbee

University of Wyoming

When James Watson won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA, he opened up a whole new area of science and research that has led to great strides in medicine, as well as great controversy.

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As genome technology moves from the laboratory to the health care setting, new methods will make it possible to read the instructions contained in an individual person's DNA. Such knowledge may foretell future disease and alert patients and their health care providers to undertake better preventative strategies (Collins, 1999), while respecting the diversity in cultures and traditions (Van Ommen, 2002).

References

Collins, F.S. (1999). Shattuck Lecture - Medical and Societal Consequences of the Human Genome Project [Special Article]. The New England Journal of Medicine, 342(1), 28-37.

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