Three Percent of the Human Genome Project Budget was Set

Question

Three percent of the human genome project budget was set aside to address issues of
A) agriculture as it relates to cattle breeds.
B) inherited susceptibilities to infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and malaria.
C) ethics, the law, and society.
D) developing technologies from genetic discoveries.
E) how to most effectively catalog discoveries of mutations in this pre-Internet era.

Accepted Answer

Three percent of the human genome project budget was set aside to address issues of ethics, the law, and society. This was done to ensure that the project was conducted in an ethical and socially responsible manner, and to address any legal and ethical concerns that might arise from the project.