Human+Genome+Project



The Human Genome Project was formally started in October of 1990. Contributors of the project were the Wellcome Trust, Japan, France, Germany, China, and others. The Human Genome Project's goal was to identify the genes in a human DNA strand. The project also determined chemical sequence pairs in a human DNA strand. The project will be a basis for comparison in biological studies.







Dr. Kevorkian focused on the right of terminally ill people to decide whether to live or die. He was considered an outcast in his profession because of his focus. The first patient he helped was Janet Elaine Adkins who had Alzheimer's Disease. After this incident he had spent many years perfecting his device that allows patients to inject themselves with lethal doses of drugs with the press of a button. The two other patients that Dr. Kevorkian helped was Sherry Miller, who had multiple sclerosis, and Marjorie Wantz, who had a pelvic disease.