Human Genome Project

Question 1

What does HGP stand for?

Answer 1

Human Genome Project

Question 2

What is the HGP?

Answer 2

13 year long project that identified all genes found in human DNA (human genome)
Highlighted common genetic variations between people

Question 3

What is info for HGP stored in?

Answer 3

Databases

Question 4

What do scientists do with the information?

Answer 4

Used them to identify genes and proteins involved in disease and create new drugs that target the identified proteins

Question 5

What do drug companies with variation?

Answer 5

Drug companies design new drugs tailered to those with the variation as it makes the drugs less effective

Question 6

What are the social moral and ethical issues?

Answer 6

More expensive creating a two-tier health service
Refused drug due to genetic makeup as it would be that effective
Information could be used by employers to discriminate
Revealing a drug might not work could be psychologically damaging

Question 7

What were the aims of the HGP?

Answer 7

Work out entire sequences of bases in the genome
Determine location of all genes
How genes determine our phenotype

Question 8

Describe personalised medicine

Answer 8

Tested to find out mutation causing disease
Drugs targeted at them
less trial and error in drug finding
Right drug and dose