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Our primary goal in this proposed project is to examine and elucidate the ethical, legal and social implications of the use of drug addiction genetic information in criminal justice settings; our…

This is a competing renewal to continue our investigations of the use of molecular cytogenetic testing by array copy number analysis in prenatal diagnostic testing. We have completed a prospective…

Despite significant efforts, African Americans continue to experience excess rates of morbidity and mortality from all forms of cancer relative to individuals from other ethnic and racial groups.…

A major ethical and policy challenge facing genomics research stems from the existing mandate for rapid public release of all sequenced DNA data. It is now clear that an individual can be uniquely…

Two major issues have garnered significant attention leading to the development of a range of policies regarding data disclosure and data-sharing in biomedical research. While the disclosure of data…

Myocardial infarction (Ml) and peripheral arterial disease (PAD) pose an enormous public health burden and there is an urgent need to develop new strategies for their prevention and treatment. Both…

The long-term objective of this Pathway to Independence Award (K99/ROO) is to train to become an independent researcher in bioethics with a strong interdisciplinary foundation in genetics and…

This project would address several questions concerning parental rights and responsibilities in forming families and the morality of using genetic technology to prevent or create children with…

How do ordinary Americans make sense of genetic research? How might they decide whether or not to participate in such research? The proposed study aims to address these questions, in a two-year panel…

Advances stemming from the Human Genome Project have prompted concerns about the general public's readiness to utilize this information to make informed health decisions. As a strategy to…