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faster ways to map DNA, which will yield way to faster development,faster technology. HGP provides way for new job opportunities in biotechnology, health care, computing and information storage. As mentioned earlier, gene information may be used to predict sensitivities to various industrial and environmental agents. “The damages of misuse and the potential of personal threats to the personal privacy should not be taken lightly.”(to know ourselves. U.S. dept. of health)“Gene transfer should never be undertaken in an attempt to enhance of improve human beings… Somatic cell enhancements engineering would threaten important life values in two ways: it could be medically hazardous, in that risks could exceed the potential benefits and the procedure therefore could cause harm. And it could be morally precarious, in that it would require moral decisions our society is not now ready to make, and it could lead to an increase in inequality and discriminatory practices.” (Genets and Human Malleability. French Heanderson 2-1990) Using the information provided by Human Genome Project (HGP), a person’s history of Genetic Disorder, insurance will refuse to give him insurance coverage. “Only you have your combination of looks, personality, and behavior. As the saying goes, they bro the mold when you were made! There is no one in the world exactly like you.” (YOUR GENES, YOUR CHOICES. Bateer). Would like to have someone just like you created artificially? Someone who thinks and acts like you? What if you have the same interests and have conflicts? Having two of the same person, one being of a laboratory birth is certainly going to unbalance nature. Who has the right to know about the info gained by HGP, when he or she goes for genetic testing? Does a girl at the age of 10 have to knowthat she has Huntington’s disease? For one second, one might think she is happy and needs to know this information, ...

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