First moves of the USSR Human Genome Project

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (USA)

OSTI ID:5684405

Bayev, A A ^[1]

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1. Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow (USSR)

The USSR Human Genome Project is an intrinsic part of genetic research that still has to recover from the hard ordeal of the past. The imperious influence of Trofim Lysenko and his concepts inhibited the progress of genetics, which had been developing quite successfully before him, and suppressed and often physically destroyed many of our outstanding scientists. Human genome studies were discussed for the first time at a general meeting of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1988. As early as December 1988, the USSR Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on the creation of a Human Genome Project, which since 1989 exists in the USSR as one of the national projects.

• OSTI ID: 5684405
• Journal Information: FASEB Journal (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology); (USA), Vol. 5:1; ISSN 0892-6638
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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