The Human Genome Project

The growth of technology in the 1990’s provided people and researchers a better look into why diseases happen, how to cure diseases and how our bodies are made up. The impact it has had on society is vast compared to past advancements. People began to have more hope when they become diagnosed with a disease because cures were becoming more common. As a rise in the outlook of medicine fled across America, the men and women responsible for this success will be looked upon as heroes for the rest of time.

Beginning in 1990, the Human Genome Project was one of the great feats in the rise of American Medical Technology. The National Human Genome Research Institute summarizes this project as: ‘The Human Genome Project (HGP) was the international, collaborative research program whose goal was the complete mapping and understanding of all the genes of human beings. All our genes together are known as our "genome.’ (Genome.gov “All about the Human Genome Project”) The Human Genome Project opened the gates for the discovery and understanding of a human’s genetic makeup. The man responsible for leading the research is Dr. Francis S. Collins. Dr. Francis S. Collins received a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Virginia in 1970, where he went on to attain a doctorate in physical chemistry at Yale University. He then went on to earn a medical doctorate from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduating from the medical doctorate program at Chapel Hill, he returned to Yale where he was named a Fellow in Human Genetics in the medical department from 1981 to 1984. In 1984, he joined the University of Michigan to then become the Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics. He worked on multiple scientific...

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...vy’s discovery would pave the road for others to find more ways to try and destroy this horrible disease that affects so many people in the world.

Cancer research is a multi-billion dollar industry made up of multiple organizations. It is a serious disease that has affected everyone in some way. All people know of or have experienced cancer first hand. The little glimpse of hope given by ongoing research gives people hope in the devastating time of experiencing the effects of cancer. Also, besides just feeling better and having a sense of hope, cancer research has prolonged people’s life. Since beginning research, the lifespan of people with cancer has increased since research began. Before research started, people diagnosed with cancer really found no hope, now the chances of them being cured are higher than ever and people are being cured commonly.