The growth of technology in the 1990s has given people and researchers better insight into why diseases occur, how to treat diseases, and what our bodies are made of. The impact it has had on society is vast compared to past advancements. People began to have more hope when they were diagnosed with an illness because treatments were becoming more common. As the rise of medicine's prospects spread across America, the men and women responsible for this success will be considered heroes for the rest of time. Since 1990, the Human Genome Project has been one of the great undertakings in the rise of medicine. American medical technology. The National Human Genome Research Institute summarizes this project as: 'The Human Genome Project (HGP) was the international, collaborative research program whose goal was to comprehensively map and understand all the genes of human beings. All of our genes together are known as our "genome". (Genome.gov “All About the Human Genome Project”) The Human Genome Project has opened the door to discovering and understanding the human genetic makeup The man responsible for conducting the research is Dr. Francis S. Collins Collins holds a B.S. Chemistry from the University of Virginia in 1970, where he earned a doctorate in physical chemistry from Yale University. He then earned a medical doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduating from the medical doctorate program at Chapel Hill, he returned to Yale where he was named a Fellow in Human Genetics in the medical department from 1981 to 1984. In 1984, he joined the University of Michigan and later became Professor of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics. He worked on multiple scientific aspects… halfway through the article… Vy's discovery would pave the way for others to find other ways to try to destroy this horrible disease that affects so many people in the world. Cancer research is a multi-billion dollar industry made up of multiple organizations. It is a serious disease that has affected everyone in some way. All people know or have experienced cancer firsthand. The small glimmer of hope from ongoing research gives people hope in the devastating time of experiencing the effects of cancer. Furthermore, in addition to feeling better and having a sense of hope, cancer research has prolonged people's lives. The lifespan of people with cancer has increased since the research began. Before research began, people diagnosed with cancer really had no hope, now the chances of recovery are higher than ever and people are being treated commonly.