This article got me very excited about the future of genetics and the benefits that advances in genetics could have on the human race. The Human Genome Project provided us with the tools to start curing diseases that were thought to be incurable. The vast amount of data collected by the HGP continues to effect the way we treat the sick. If we had access to the DNA sequences of all life on Earth, we could ensure the survival of the human race barring any major catastrophic event. There are some ethical concerns to doing this however. Just because we can sequence all the DNA on the planet, does that mean we should? My opinion is that we should because it is the next step in understanding life on our planet, and could help us better understand how life came to be the way it is today.
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