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The Human Genome Project has been marked by criticism since the projects initiation in the late 1980's. The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international, combined research program, which sought to completely map and understand the human genome and to identify all genes present in it. The two parties involved in deciphering the human genome were the privately funded Celera Genomics and the publicly funded Human Genome Project (Celera was set up eight years after HGP commenced). The two rivals later combined and shared their respective data – reaching completion of the project sooner than expected. It was announced on April 14, 2003 that the HGP was successfully complete, with 99.99% accuracy of the 99% of the genome sequenced.

As mentioned above, the project has been marked by criticism from many social groups the world over. Due to the obvious social implications of such research, a sub-division was set up within the HGP. The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research......

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