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
Philip Green
Eric 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