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DNA to Genome

Q1. A) Is medical research a good use of taxpayer’s money?

Genetic research costs almost 3 billion dollar every year worldwide with initial contribution by the government and rest is fulfilled by non-profit sources, private R&D institutions (Alan Mackay-Sim, 2017). Taxpayers and citizens of many nations have funded on genomic research and also have expectations to get desired results in medical research. Researchers argued that once they identify the genetic components of any illness like cancer, accurate prediction is easier and even chances of cure. Thus, genomics research science is a good field to implement taxpayer’s money for future development in genetic research.

B) Should governments spend more or less money in this area of research? Justify your answer using the info in the podcasts.

In this research area, public raised concerns over various aspects like healthcare, genetic identification which indicat....