Discussion Questions
The Human Genome project was an expensive endeavor. Do the results justify the cost?

The goal of the HGP was to sequence the entire human genome. Are there any other benefits of the HGP?

Scientists working on the HGP have slowly been lowering the predicted number of human genes. Why do you think this is happening? Why did scientists originally think that we had almost 100,000 genes?

In 1998, Celera Genomics (a private company) wanted to sequence and patent the human genome. U.S. President Clinton passed a law forbidding anyone from patenting the human genome. Do you agree with President Clinton or not? Why?