The Human Genome Project is a global research effort whose goal is to analyze the structure of human DNA and determine the location of the approximately 100,000 human genes. The DNA of a set of model organisms will be studied to provide the information necessary to understand how the human genome functions. The information collected by the Human Genome Project is expected to be the source of biomedical science in the 21st century and will be of great value to the field of medicine. The project will help us understand and potentially treat more than 4,000 genetic diseases that affect humanity. The Human Genome Project's scientific products will include a resource of genomic maps and DNA sequence information that will provide detailed information on the structure, organization and characteristics of human DNA, information that constitutes the he basic set of legacy “instructions” for development. and the functioning of a human being. The Human Genome Project began in the mid-1980s and was widely examined within the scientific community and the public press during the last half of that decade. In the United States, the Department of Energy (DOE), and then the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shortly thereafter, were the primary U.S. government research agencies responsible for developing and planning the project. By 1988, the two agencies were working together, an association that was formalized by the signing of a memorandum of understanding to “coordinate research and technical activities related to the human genome.” The National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR) was established in 1989 to lead the NIH Human Genome Project. NCHGR is one of twenty-four institutes, centers, or divisions that comprise the NIH, the federal government's principal agency for supporting biomedical research. At least sixteen countries have launched human genome projects. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) and the National Research Council (NRC) have prepared a report outlining plans for the U.S. Human Genome Project and is being updated as new advances in the underlying technology occur . To achieve the scientific goals that together encompass the Human Genome Project, a number of administrative measures have been put in place. Also, a newsletter, a message board, a full announcement...... middle of paper ...... at its beginning. Jonathan Glover argues for a "pragmatism of risks and benefits", writing that "The debate over human genetic engineering should be like that over nuclear power: a debate in which the large possible benefits must be weighed with big problems and big disasters An important element is the claim that genetic engineering is radically different from any other type of human engineering. As Robert Wright notes, "biologists and ethicists have already used thousands of. words to warn of slippery slopes, reflect on Nazi Germany and warn that a government quest for "A super race could start again" if genetic engineering ventures "too far In my opinion, I". believe that, if and only if, a fatal disease is detected, then scientists and/or doctors should draw DNA from a zygote or egg to test and absolute knowledge of the steps of the procedure must be present. . I don't believe there should be a genetically advanced child in the world, everyone is created equal and no one should have their destiny changed for any reason..