Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by the Human Genome Project

The purpose of this project is to support a coordinated and wide-ranging research project focusing on the legal and ethical issues raised by the human genome project. The nation's leading experts in the fields of genetics, law and ethics will be assembled to study the long-term legal and ethical implications of the genome project. Each expert will be assigned a topic and asked to produce a manuscript identifying the emerging issues and discussing legislative priorities and possible solutions. In March 1991, the experts will assemble in Houston for a conference to present and discuss their research findings. The conference proceedings will be published with copies distributed to members of Congress, officials of government agencies, and other interested individuals and organizations. Ten of the conference panelists will prepare more detailed legal articles to be published in October 1991 in a special genome project symposium issue of the Houston Law Review. Conference date: March 7-9, 1991, Houston, Texas