Guide to the Human Genome Project: Technologies, People, And Information

by Susan L Speaker, M. Susan Lindee

This simple, concise introduction to the HGP for the general reader explores the origins of the genome project and reactions in the scientific community; important technologies and techniques; institutions connected with the HGP, including designated genome centers, important suppliers of resources, and corporations; systems of communication; and ethical, legal, and social issues. A publication of the Biomolecular Sciences Initiative of CHF's Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry.

40 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003