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ELSI Friday Forum is a monthly one-hour seminar series featuring topics on the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genetics and genomics research. Join us from 12:00-1:00 pm ET / 9:00-10:00 am PT on the second Friday of each month for talks and panels on a…
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Ethical Challenges in Novel Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
ELSI Friday Forum • June 11, 2021
Pilar Ossorio, JD, PhD, moderates this session with panelists Liza-Marie Johnson, MD, MPH, MSB, and Melissa Creary…
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Genetics and Responsibility: More Complicated Than We’d Thought
Watch the recordings of the symposium here
By Erik Parens, PhD and Paul S. Appelbaum, MD
In 1991, sociologist Abby Lippman proposed the…
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Melanie Myers: A Call for Research on Genetic Counseling Processes and Practices
Dr. Myers discusses this exciting new RFA – and how to use ELSIhub to find and follow up on funding opportunities
Melanie Myers, PhD, MS spoke with…
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Current Legal Challenges to Abortion: Implications for Prenatal…
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Genome editing technologies: some clarifications but no revision of the Oviedo Convention
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New Publications
Journal Article
Examining the power of the social imaginary through competing narratives of data ownership in health research
Sorbie and colleagues explore whether notions of ownership impact the sharing of health-related data.
Journal Article
Genetic testing to restore the human right to identity in post‐dictatorship Argentina: Ethical, legal, and social issues
Penchaszadeh examines the ethical, legal, and psycho‐social complexities of restoring genetic identity to the descendants of political dissidents who were disappeared or assassinated by the 1976–1983 Argentine military dictatorship.
Journal Article
Conscience clauses in genetic counseling: Awareness and attitudes
Bonine and colleagues ask 274 genetic counselors about conscience clauses, which allow providers to refuse to counsel on services such as abortion on the basis of moral objection, in three states.
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Ethical Challenges in Novel Gene Therapies for Sickle Cell Disease
ELSI Friday Forum • June 11, 2021