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The Human Genome Project is simply a bad idea

The Human Genome Project changed traditional understandings of how and why scientific research is conducted. It was, however, not without its detractors. Early in 1990, there was an effort to stop funding for the nascent Human Genome Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign.

… endless lines of letters with “no interesting biological information.” According to the Coleman, the project “wouldn’t … and that are being actively investigated today. For more information on what we now refer to as “non-coding DNA,” … (as outlined in the Bermuda Principles ) of the genomic information generated. This kind of policy was made possible …

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Remembering Debbie Nickerson

A candid and kind genomics pioneer leaves a deep impact on NHGRI and the genomics community.

… scientific contributions at the intersection of genome technology development, studies of human genomic variation, … expertise across multiple domains of genome science and technology.” Below are some of those memories and materials … issues concerning the quality of genetic variation information contained within databases at the time. On …

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Gene Sweepstakes (GeneSweep)

The Gene Sweepstakes — or GeneSweep as it became popularly known — was a three-year-long, sweepstakes-style contest organized by British bioinformatician Ewan Birney, Ph.D., of the European Bioinformatics Institute. Scientists participated in the contest by betting on the total number of protein-coding genes that would be identified in the human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project.

… website thus became a key place to get the most up-to-date information about the collection of identified human genomes. …