"The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international scientific research project with a primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which mak

"The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international scientific research project with a primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA, and of identifying and mapping the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional standpoint.[1] The first official funding for the Project originated with the Department of Energy’s Office of Health and Environmental Research, headed by Charles DeLisi, and was in the Reagan Administration’s 1987 budget submission to the Congress.[2] It subsequently passed both Houses. The Project was planned for 15 years.[3] " I don't see how the HGP was unrelated to government investment...