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In 1990, Watson was appointed as the head of the Human Genome Project at the National Institutes of Health, a position he held until April 10, 1992. [68] Watson left the Genome Project after conflicts with the new NIH Director, Bernadine Healy. Watson was opposed to Healy's attempts to acquire patents on gene sequences, and any ownership of the ...
The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA, ... James Watson ...
James Watson directed the Human Genome Project at the National Institutes of Health. [7] The ability to sequence and manipulate DNA is now central to the biotechnology industry and modern medicine .
Although the 'completion' of the human genome project was announced in 2001, [2] ... In April 2008, that of James Watson was also completed. In 2009, ...
Jim Watson invited scientists to a meeting, in 1986, to discuss possibly sequencing the human genome; David Botstein was against any sequencing, but physicist Walter Gilbert was for the genome sequencing, estimating that it would cost £3bn over 30 years, and one scientist could sequence around 100,000 base pairs in one year; the US Congress ...
In October 2004, NHGRI introduced the first in a series of '$1,000 Genome' grants designed to advance "the development of breakthrough technologies that will enable a human-sized genome to be sequenced for $1,000 or less." [9] In a January 2006 article in Scientific American making the case for the Personal Genome Project, George M. Church wrote
This Office transitioned to the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR), in 1989 to carry out the role of the NIH in the International Human Genome Project (HGP). The HGP was developed in collaboration with the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and began in 1990 to sequence the human genome. In 1993, NCHGR expanded its role on ...
According to Francis Collins, Healy was responsible for pressuring James Watson to retire as director of the Human Genome Project due to Watson's publicized belief that identified DNA gene sequences should be openly available for use to prevent disease instead of allowing DNA sequences to be patented, an idea which Watson characterized as crazy ...