The Economist (US), September 14th, 1996
Researchers hope that the Human Genome Project, which aims to identify all human genes, contributes to finding new ways to diagnose and treat disease. But new ethical dilemmas and other dangerous implications of the research are certain to arise as well.
BIOLOGISTS are often accused by their colleagues in other disciplines of suffering from physics envy. Physicists, the jibe goes, work on more fundamental problems. Therefore they have bigger tools.
Until recently, the jibe was true. Sub-atomic-particle researchers have vast machines to pry into the building blocks of matter. Rocket scientist...
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