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Seminar on Ethical and Policy Issues Arising from the Project to Map and Sequence the Human Genome
A semester-long series of guest speakers discussed the Human Genome Project in relation to subjects such as federal policy for biomedical research, the scientific and medical advantages of human… -
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Strategies for Documentation of Research on the Human Genome
This workshop, held by the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, brought together 28 interested historians, social scientists, biologists, archivists… -
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Medicine at the Crossroads
An 8-part public television series on the scientific and technological advances transforming the practice of medicine, and the involvement of genetics in the issues medicine will have to deal with in… -
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Agenda-Setting in the Human Genome Initiative
This study will undertake a sociological study of the impact of the genome initiative on the social organization and dynamics of the biological research community, including questions of… -
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Science, Technology and the Perfect Child: An Ethics and Values Critique
Dr. Rothschild will complete part three of her book in progress, Engineering Birth: Human Perfectibility and the Technological Dream. The project will evaluate the bioethics and feminist literature… -
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Predicting Future Disease: Issues in the Development, Application, and Use of Tests for Genetic Disorders
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) through its Board on Health Sciences Policy established a panel of experts to evaluate issues in the development, application, and use of tests for genetic disorders.… -
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Technology and Social Change: The Impact of Genetic Forecasting on Attitudes and Values
New developments in biotechnology, such as the ability to identify the genetic basis of many single gene disorders, and the progress in identifying the genetic basis for more complex disorders have… -
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Research and Application of Genetics Blood Group: 1900-1950
The goal of this project is to study an historical precursor and parallel to the HGP: the discovery of the inheritance of the ABO blood system and the attempt to use it as a genetic marker for a… -
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History of Prenatal Diagnosis
This project involves the research and writing of a history of modern prenatal diagnosis. Recent scholarly work in the history of science, technology, and medicine will provide the conceptual… -
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Biotechnology and the Diagnosis of Genetic Disease
This conference will provide for an exchange of information about the scientific, clinical, and societal issues associated with the application of biotechnology assays to the diagnosis of genetic…