We interviewed professor Tomita, of Keio University, Japan, one of the researchers involved in the Human Genome Project.

• About Professor Tomita

Masaru Tomita

1981 B.S in Mathematics, Keio University
1983 M.S in Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
1985 Ph.D in Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
1985-1994 Research Associate, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University; Associate Director, Center for Machine Translation, Carnegie Mellon University.
1988 Presidential Young Investigators Award (National Science Foundation)
1998 Recieved another Ph.D in Molecular Biology from Keio University.

Present Professor, Laboratory for Bioinformatics, Department of Environmental Information, Keio University; Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, Keio University;

Research Fields: Bioinformatics, Genome Informatics, Theoretical Molecular Biology, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence

We interviewed professor on 6 questions written below.

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* What is researched at your laboratory?

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*Why did you start your study?

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*What are your personal goals for the Genome Project?

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* What are your opinions about the ethical problems?

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* Where do you think the limits for genetic therapy should be set?

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* A message from the professor

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