Paper 1: Human Genome Project

Question 1

What is the human genome project?

Answer 1

A collaboration between scientists to decode the human genome

Question 2

What is the human genome?

Answer 2

The order of bases on all human chromosomes

Question 3

When was the work of the human genome project published?

Answer 3

2003

Question 4

Why was the human genome project completed quickly?

Answer 4

Lots of scientists worked on it

Question 5

What are the results of the human genome projects used for?

Answer 5

To develop new medicines and treatments for disease

Question 6

What are the advantages of the human genome project?

Answer 6

Alerting people that they are at particular risk of getting a disease
Distinguishing between different forms of disease
Allowing doctors to tailor treatments

Question 7

What are the disadvantages of the human genome project?

Answer 7

People who are at certain risk of certain disease may have to pay more to obtain life insurance
May not be helpful to tell someone they are at risk of a condition for which their is no cure