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Articles of Interest

The following articles provide a good understanding and insight to Understanding the Human Genome Project and its effect on the future for medical science.

• Genomics and the Future
  From the December 1999 issue of Scientific American. The study of all the genes of various organisms - a field called genomics - will yield answers to some of the most intriguing questions about life.
  
  
• Implications of the Genome Project for Medical Science
  Modified from an article for the Journal of the American Medical Association by Collins, McKusick and Jegalian.
  
  
• A Vision for the Future of Genomics Research
  The April 2003 vision document for the future of genomics research, published in Nature and written by the scientific leaders of NHGRI.

Last Reviewed: April 18, 2008