X-Message-Number: 5287 Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 20:47:53 -0500 (EST) From: Robin Helweg-Larsen <> Subject: Human Genome Project Does anyone have suggestions for finding a news- or discussion-group about the Human Genome Project? We bemoan the lack of money put in Cryonics, but it looks as though A LOT of money is going into HGP - anyone got numbers? (And, though I don't want to start a fight of course, is any of it government money? Is it true that this is a larger financial project than the Moon Landing, as I have heard it suggested?) Who knows, if they put enough money in, and spend it well enough, and are open-minded with the possibilities that the results generate, they could end up solving most of the problems that cryonics faces in terms of suspension and revival. (Yes, I know that they would largely obsolete the need for suspension, but there remains the need to revive the already-suspended, and there will always be a place for cryonics as emergency first-aid treatment before the patient can be brought to adequate care.) It will also put a dent (or an early S-curve) into the 40% per annum growth rate in cryonicists - but perhaps only after giving it a dramatic but temporary upswing, as cryonics is shown to be viable. Anyway, how far are we away from what kind of HGP results? And where is there a discussion group? Always optimistically, Robin HL Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5287