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Questions for "What is a gene?" experts:

1. What are genes made of?
2. Where do you find genes?
3. What do genes do?
4. What is a protein?
5. What is an intron?
6. What is an exon?
7. What is a dominant gene?
8. What is a recessive gene?
9. What traits can be determined by genes?

Questions for"What is the Human Genome Project?" experts:

1. What is a genome?
2. What are the goals of the Human Genome Project?
3. When did the project start?
4. How many genes has the project sequenced/mapped?
5. How many base pairs will be sequenced?
6. What other species besides humans were sequenced in the project?
7. Who is involved in the project?
8. What is being done with the information learned by the HGP?

Questions for "What are the medical implications of the Human Genome Project?" experts:

1. What medical benefits will come from the information gained through the HGP?
2. What genetic diseases have already been identified by HGP?
3. What new technologies are available due to the information from HGP?
4. What is gene therapy?
5. What have we learned about cancer through the HGP?
6. What do genetic counselors do?
7. How has the HGP benefited genetic counselors?

Questions for "What are the ethical implications of the Human Genome Project?" experts:

1. What information can be learned from genetic testing?
2. What benefits are there to having a genetic test?
3. What kind of risks or problems are involved in having a genetic test?
4. What kind of reproductive issues may be generated by the HGP?
5. What kind of privacy issues may be generated by the HGP?
6. What kind of psychological issues may be generated by genetic testing?
7. What kind of societal issues may be generated by genetic testing?

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