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Human Genome Project; An introduction to the ongoing Human Genome Project. The dynamic 3D
Human Genome Project; An introduction to the ongoing Human Genome Project. The dynamic 3D animation will take you "inside" for a close up look at the complexity of the cell. Completed in 2003, the Human Genome Project (HGP) was a 13-year project coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. During the early years of the HGP, the Wellcome Trust (U.K.) became a major partner; additional contributions came from Japan, France, Germany, China, and others. See our history page for more information. Project goals were to identify all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA, determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA, store this information in databases, improve tools for data analysis, transfer related technologies to the private sector, and address the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) that may arise from the project. Though the HGP is finished, analyses of the data will continue for many years. Follow this ongoing research on our Progress page. An important feature of the HGP project was the federal government's long-standing dedication to the transfer of technology to the private sector. By licensing technologies to private companies and awarding grants for innovative research, the project catalyzed the multibillion-dollar U.S. biotechnology industry and fostered the development of new medical applications. Knowledge about the effects of DNA variations among individuals can lead to revolutionary new ways to diagnose, treat, and someday prevent the thousands of disorders that affect us. Besides providing clues to understanding human biology, learning about nonhuman organisms' DNA sequences can lead to an understanding of their natural capabilities that can be applied toward solving challenges in health care, agriculture, energy production, environmental remediation, and carbon sequestration. A genome is all the DNA in an organism, including its genes. Genes carry information for making all the proteins required by all organisms. These proteins determine, among other things, how the organism looks, how well its body metabolizes food or fights infection, and sometimes even how it behaves.
DNA is made up of four similar chemicals (called bases and abbreviated A, T, C, and G) that are repeated millions or billions of times throughout a genome. The human genome, for example, has 3 billion pairs of bases. The particular order of As, Ts, Cs, and Gs is extremely important. The order underlies all of life's diversity, even dictating whether an organism is human or another species such as yeast, rice, or fruit fly, all of which have their own genomes and are themselves the focus of genome projects. Because all organisms are related through similarities in DNA sequences, insights gained from nonhuman genomes often lead to new knowledge about human biology. Producer: NIH
Contact Information: http://www.genome.gov/Pages/EducationKit/
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Street Ninja from wimp.com
This is not me, ive been to lazy to add this message but im ge
Street Ninja from wimp.com
This is not me, ive been to lazy to add this message but im getting WAY to many messages about this being me.
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Please see http://Godisimaginary.com
What if we tried to interview God? What would happ
Please see http://Godisimaginary.com
What if we tried to interview God? What would happen?
Hello God? I know you're busy and all. But I was just wondering if we could talk. Maybe I could ask you a couple of questions? I could interview like a reporter or we could talk quietly, like two good friends. You know what I mean?
Hello?
Hello, God?
Are you there?
God?
You know, it's funny... You are supposed to be all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving, omnipresent, perfect... Burt all we hear from you is perfect, absolute, impenetrable silence.
You know what that silence tells us? That God are imaginary. Here's why: Many people claim to hear God's perfect, all-knowing voice, but we know that they are lying. If they heard a perect, all-knowing voice, then... their decisions would be perfect and all-knowing.
The rest of us know that God never says a word. Which explains: The tsunami, traffic jms, the war in iraq, 9/11/2001, the katrina disaster, the AIDS pandemic.
Many people claim hat God answers prayers, but God's silence applies here as well. It explains why prayer never works... ever... every intelligent person knos that the belief in prayer is a superstition. Every scientific study proves it. Prayer has absolutely no effect.
You know what's funny. Say that one day you pay a visit to your doctor. He says you have cancer. Not good. They will operate on your for 8 hours, give you chemo for months, it will cost $100,000. Then you will pray to God to heal you. Do you know how stupid that is? You are in a hospital, taking advantage of every technology known to science. Yet you are superstitiously praying to your imaginary God.
I mean, if your God is going to heal you, why waste the money on the hospital, and the drugs, an the doctors, and the surgery?
The reason why you go to the hospital is because God is imaginary.
God isimaginary.
That's why, yoen you try to interview God, or talk to God, or Pray to God, there is never any response.
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