Human Genome Project: The Medical Sequencing of DNA of the Hollywood Stars?

Human Genome Project: The Medical Sequencing of DNA of the Hollywood Stars?

by: Rizhel Ann Supremo

The Human Genome Project has remained to be a confounding medical controversy among different scientists. Medical sequencing of the DNA of public figures has been performed just recently with extensive publication. Prominent and powerful figures such as five time, Oscar nominated actress and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu had theirs done. Sometimes these DNA sequencing are performed for a company’s publicity interests.

Current news is surfacing frequently asked questions such as “Why not perform double helix sequencing on British heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne? I mean what’s with his DNA that keeps him alive from decades of untamed living?” Let me stressed that these are unique genome sequences that people are prolifically making public.

Let’s go back to the foremost objective of the Human Genome Project which is determining DNA sequences for the sole purpose of advancement in health and medicine. Siting a viewpoint from Stanford University; “The Human Genome Diversity Project is an international project that seeks to understand the diversity and unity of the entire human species”. Each human being is indeed very unique with one’s own distinctive DNA.

Before associating the human genome project to vanity and publicity in Hollywood, let us contemplate on the real purpose of the human genome projects. These current developments are also cited in the Cancer Genome Project on identifying genes critical to the development of human cancer. “Our DNA is the blueprint of life” hence its publicity should only be used for the good welfare of mankind.

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