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Deciphering the Code of Life – The Human Genome Project The study of all genus of various organisms will yield answers to some of the most intriguing questions about life: how organisms evolved, whether synthetic life will ever be possible and how to treat a wide range of medical disorders. Human genome contains all of the biochemical instructions – in the form of the DNA bases A, T, C and G- for making and containing a human …

…and cultural ideas; sharp scientifically based boundaries between groups will be found to be nonexistent. The tension between scientific advances and the desire to return to a simple and more “natural” lifestyle will probably intensify as genomic seeps in to mere and more of daily lives. The challenge will be to maintain a healthy balance and to shoulder collectively the responsibility for ensuring that the advances arising from genomics are not put to ill use.