An initial objection to sequencing the human genome was that it would take funding away from a pressing health concern of the time.This problem was
A) the AIDS epidemic.
B) tuberculosis and malaria in developing nations.
C) swine flu, which was threatening to be a pandemic.
D) SARS.
E) a dramatic increase in the incidence of lung cancer.

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The AIDS epidemic was a major health concern in the 1980s and 1990s when the idea of sequencing the human genome was first proposed. There was concern that funding would be diverted from research and treatment for AIDS to the large-scale project of sequencing the human genome.

An Initial Objection to Sequencing the Human Genome Was That