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29 Hous. L. Rev. 1 (1992)
Symposium: Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by the Human Genome Project: Foreword

handle is hein.journals/hulr29 and id is 11 raw text is: VOLUME 29 SPRING 1992 NUMBER 1 HOUSTON LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES RAISED BY THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT FOREWORD Mark A. Rothstein* In 1990 the United States officially began the Human Genome Project, a fifteen-year scientific program to map and sequence all of the estimated 50,000 to 100,000 genes within each human being. If the scientific wizardry of modern molecu- lar biology is beyond the comprehension of most people, the boldness and promise of the project is not. According to Dr. James D. Watson:' A more important set of instruction books will never be found by human beings. When finally interpreted, the genetic messages encoded within our DNA molecules will provide the ultimate answers to the chemical underpinnings of human existence. They will not only help us understand how we function as healthy human beings, but will also explain, at the chemical level, the role of genetic factors in a multitude of diseases, such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and schizophre- nia, that diminish the individual lives of so many millions of people.2 Law Foundation Professor of Law and Director, Health Law and Policy In- stitute, University of Houston. 1. In 1953 Dr. Watson and Dr. Francis H.C. Crick discovered the famous dou- ble helix structure of DNA. From 1990 to 1992, Dr. Watson served as the first di- rector of the National Center for Human Genome Research of the National Institutes of Health. 2. James D. Watson, The Human Genome Project. Past, Present, and Future, 248 SCIENCE 44, 44 (1990).

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