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This paper discusses the Human Genome project, a project that aims to complete genetic sequencing and gene mapping of the human genome and resources that humans share through genetic ties. The author relates the advantages of such a project - doctors and scientists will be able to better predict and avoid genetic disorders through genetic screening. However, the author also adds that it is also because of these advancements that ethical issues will arise. The bioethics involved is also briefly discussed in the paper as well as the topic of cloning.

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"On the potentially positive side, the HGP can help doctors and scientists to better predict and avoid genetic disorders. It is the assumption that in the future genetic disorders from cerebral palsy to bipolar disorder will be able to be seen through genetic screening. It is important though, to outline exactly how this information would be made available to people in the future in the face of ethical issues. Results suggest now that researchers and professionals need to make a stand on ethical issues linked to susceptibility patterns for genetic disorders or psychiatric problems that could be noted through genetics research such as the HGP."

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