Subject
Index
Send the url of this page to a friend
News
What's
New
Meetings Calendar
Media Guide
Basic
Information
FAQs
Glossary
Acronyms
Links
Genetics 101
Publications
About
the Project
What is it?
Goals
Progress
History
Ethical Issues
Benefits
Genetics 101
Medicine
&
the New Genetics
Home
Gene
Testing
Gene
Therapy
Pharmacogenomics
Disease Information
Genetic
Counseling
Ethical,
Legal,
Social Issues
Home
Privacy
Legislation
Gene
Testing
Patenting
Forensics
Genetically
Modified Food
Behavioral
Genetics
Minorities,
Race, Genetics
Genetics
in Courtroom
Education
Teachers
Careers
Students
Webcasts
Audio/Video
Images
Videos
Chromosome
Poster
Presentations
Genetics 101
Genética
Websites en Español
Research
Home Sequencing Instrumentation
Mapping
Bioinformatics
Functional
Genomics
ELSI Research
Recent Abstracts
US,Intl.
Research Sites
Funding
Publications
Human
Genome News
Chromosome Poster
Primer Molecular Genetics
To Know Ourselves
Your Genes,
Your Choices
List of All Publications
Search This Site
Contact Us
Privacy Statement
Site Stats and Credits
|
The Human Genome Project (HGP) refers to the international 13-year effort,
formally begun in October 1990 and completed in 2003, to discover all
the estimated 20,000-25,000 human genes and make them accessible for further
biological study. Another project goal was to determine the complete sequence
of the 3 billion DNA subunits (bases in the human genome). As part of
the HGP, parallel studies were carried out on selected model organisms
such as the bacterium E. coli and the mouse to help develop the
technology and interpret human gene function. The DOE Human Genome Program
and the NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) together
sponsored the U.S. Human Genome Project.
History of the Project
Publications Summarizing Various Aspects of the Project
- Special issue of Science: Building
on the DNA Revolution (April 11, 2003)
- "The
Human Genome Project: Lessons from Large-Scale Biology,"
Francis S. Collins, Michael Morgan, Aristides Patrinos, Science
300, 286 (2003)
- "Realizing
the Potential of the Genome Revolution: The Genomes to Life Program,"
Marvin E. Frazier, Gary M. Johnson, David G. Thomassen, Carl E.
Oliver, Aristides Patrinos, Science 300, 290 (2003)
- Nature
Genetics: A 10-Year Retrospective 1992-2002 (vol. 33, March 2003)
- Controversial
From the Start --Science article summarizing the history
of the HGP (February 2001)
- Genomes:
15 Years Later--A perspective from Charles DeLisi, HGP Pioneer (July
2001)
- 1997 Human
Genome Program Report contains history of the Project
- Bermuda
Conference Data Release Policies (1997, 1996)
- NCHGR-DOE Guidance on Human
Subjects Issues in Large-Scale DNA Sequencing (1996)
- Special Anniversary Issue of Human
Genome News (7(3-4); Sept.-Dec. 1995) Summarizing the History
and Progress of the Project
- Evolution of a Vision
(Part I) by David Smith, then Director of the DOE HGP (December
1995)
- Evolution of a Vision
(Part II) by Francis S. Collins, Director of NIH NCHGR (December
1995)
- Origins
of the Human Genome Project by Robert Cook-Deegan (1994; Risk
Journal)
- History of the DOE Human Genome
Program from the U.S. DOE Office of Science, Office of Biological
and Environmental Research, Biological and Environmental Research Program.
Updated from:
- Data Sharing Policy: (1992) A U.S. Department
of Energy and National Institutes of Health Coordinated Effort
- What is the Human Genome Project?: A Summary
of the Project Beginnings (published April 1990)
- Mapping
Our Genes: Genome Projects --How Big? How Fast? 1988 report
from the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment
- Report on the Human Genome Initiative for
the Office of Health and Environmental Research: April 1987
report that officially outlined the Department of Energy's strategies
for the Human Genome Project
- "The Alta Summit, December 1984,"
by Robert Cook-Deegan, Genomics 5, 661-663 (October 1989):
The beginning of the Human Genome Project.
- Human Genome News (HGN)
newsletter on the Human Genome Project. All published issues (since
1989) are available. See also the archive of HGN History
and Project Management articles.
- DOE HGP Reports and
Workshop Abstracts report on program research.
- More publications
Human Genome Project Contacts
|
Ari Patrinos, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Office of Science
Director, Office of Biological and Environmental Research
|
Send the url of this page to a friend
|