Mapping the human genome raises question: which road to take

Journal Article · Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6077094

In the last 18 months, both the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institutes of Health have undertaken initiatives directed at mapping the human genome. The project is expected to require at least a decade and cost from $100 million to $3 billion. When the proposal to mount an interdisciplinary attack on the genome was suggested in January 1986 by Charles DeLisi, PhD, associated director, health and environmental research, of the DOE;s Office of Energy Research, it sent shock waves through the biosciences community. However, they seem to have adapted to the idea during the ensuing months. Biologists who once asked should we be doing this. are now inquiring how should we be doing this. This question was central to an ongoing discourse among participants at the annual Short Course in Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics in Bar Harbor, Me. The course was sponsored by the Jackson Laboratory of Bar Harbor and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.

• OSTI ID: 6077094
• Journal Information: JAMA, J. Am. Med. Assoc.; (United States), Vol. 258:9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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