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This course covers legal issues related to genetics and genomics research, practice, and policy. The course objectives include addressing the response of the law and the legal system to advances in genomic and genetic information and technologies and anticipating and positing legal responses for the future.

This course provides an introduction to key issues relating to genomics in society. It explores social, ethical and policy questions raised by genomics in the context of: synthetic biology, genetics and crops, genetic modification of domestic animals, genetics and conservation, human genetic therapies and human enhancement, and privacy and genetic information. The course was developed by Claire Palmer, Penny Riggs, T.J. Kasperbauer, Jeremy Johnson, Lauren Cifuentes, Seung Won Park, and Jamie McQueen.

This educational resource offers a summary of some United States (federal) laws and some specific state laws that offer a variety of legal protections related to genetic/omic and mobile/digital health-related information. It was created as part of the "Consumer Protections for Genomics & Precision Health" project funded by NHGRI Grant No. R01HG011051 in September 2022 (except for a few updates made in June 2023 that are noted).

This educational resource offers a summary of some United States (federal) laws and some specific state laws that offer a variety of legal protections related to genetic/omic and mobile/digital health-related information. It was created as part of the "Consumer Protections for Genomics & Precision Health" project funded by NHGRI Grant No. R01HG011051 in September 2022 (except for a few updates made in June 2023 that are noted).

This educational resource offers a summary of some United States (federal) laws and some specific state laws that offer a variety of legal protections related to genetic/omic and mobile/digital health-related information. It was created as part of the "Consumer Protections for Genomics & Precision Health" project funded by NHGRI Grant No. R01HG011051 in September 2022 (except for a few updates made in June 2023 that are noted).

This educational resource offers a summary of some United States (federal) laws and some specific state laws that offer a variety of legal protections related to genetic/omic and mobile/digital health-related information. It was created as part of the "Consumer Protections for Genomics & Precision Health" project funded by NHGRI Grant No. R01HG011051 in September 2022 (except for a few updates made in June 2023 that are noted).

This educational resource offers a summary of some United States (federal) laws and some specific state laws that offer a variety of legal protections related to genetic/omic and mobile/digital health-related information. It was created as part of the "Consumer Protections for Genomics & Precision Health" project funded by NHGRI Grant No. R01HG011051 in September 2022 (except for a few updates made in June 2023 that are noted).