Competition in Science
Succeeding in this project carried more weight than procuring name recognition. Scientists working in the public sector vied for limited research funding from the government.
Furthermore, at the heart of the project is a fundamental question about who "owns" the human genome. If public monies pay for research, the public owns the discoveries, but when private money pays for it, a company owns the results and can use the information for corporate profit.
Did this competition hinder research or drive the Genome Project forward?
SCIENTISTS SPEAKING ABOUT COMPETITION IN SCIENCE
- Michael Ashburner
- David Bentley
- Elbert Branscomb
- Aravinda Chakravarti
- Francis Collins
- David Cox
- Charles Delisi
- Paul Doty
- Ian Dunham
- Richard Gibbs
- Eric Green
- Philip Green
- David Haussler
- Leroy Hood
- James Kent
- Eric Lander
- David Lane
- Peter Little
- Ernst Mayr
- Matthew Meselson
- Maynard Olson
- Ari Patrinos
- Ron Plasterk
- Matt Ridley
- Bruce Roe
- Gerald Rubin
- Fred Sanger
- Merilyn Sleigh
- Bruce Stillman
- John Sulston
- J. Craig Venter
- Peter Vogt
- Nicholas Wade
- James Wyngaarden