That raises some of the more interesting ethical questions for the whole genome project? Collins: Well, I actually think GATTACA for me was the movie that really raised some interesting points.

How did it become possible to sequence the 3 billion base pairs in the human genome? More than a quarter of a century’s worth of work from hundreds of scientists made such projects possible.

They're not compartmentalized. They are entirely compatible. And they're part of who I am. Picture of Francis Collins courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

The rise of Francis Collins to national prominence is laid out from his days mapping and cloning disease genes, to his succeeding James Watson as leader of the Human Genome Project and director of ...

Francis Collins, the geneticist who led the Human Genome Project, is close to taking over the top spot at the National Institutes of Health, according to a linkurl ...

Francis Collins Preaches to the Choir Since the staged June 26 unveiling of the "working draft" of the human genome sequence, National Human Genome Research Institute director Francis Collins has hit ...

(CNN) — Some people feel there is a fundamental tension between religion and science, but Dr. Francis ... Collins said. And he should know: While director of the National Human Genome Research ...