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Information and the Transformation of Molecular Biology
How did scientists come to view organisms and molecules as information storage and retrieval systems? By which processes did life come to be conceptualized as a text written in a natural language? By…- biochemical evolution
- biological information processing
- Books
- DNA
- Genetics
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A Predictive Testing Program for P53 Mutations in LFS
This pilot project will invite adult members of classic and variant Li-Fraumeni families at 50% risk of carrying an altered p53 gene to participate in a program in which they could be made aware of…- cancer risk
- clinical chemistry
- Ethics
- family genetics
- Gene Expression
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Update and Dramatization of a Genetics Curriculum
In 1987 the Education Division of the Foundation for Blood Research developed, field tested, and distributed a human genetics curriculum unit for high school biology classes. The unit, titled '…- curriculum
- disease /disorder Prevention /control
- Ethics
- gene therapy
- Genetic Counseling
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Preparing for the New Genetics: Education of Professionals
The objective of this project is to determine what key professionals need to know about the ethical, legal, and social ramifications of the genome project and how these needs can best be met. Working…- Books
- culture
- education evaluation /planning
- Ethics
- Genetics
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A Model Informed Consent Process for BRCA1 Testing
This study will develop, implement and evaluate a model informed consent (IC) process for genetic testing for breast cancer that integrates the perceptions of consumers and providers. The model IC…- brca gene
- breast neoplasm /cancer diagnosis
- breast neoplasms
- cancer risk
- Counseling
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National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics (II)
This project will continue the activity of the National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. The research group will: -continue…- behavioral /social science research tag
- Catalogs
- Data Collection
- Ethics
- Genetic Screening
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National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics
This project will continue the activity of the National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University. The research group will continue…- behavioral /social science research tag
- Catalogs
- Data Collection
- Ethics
- Genetic Screening
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National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics (III)
The National Information Resource on Ethics & Human Genetics (NIREHG), in cooperation with the National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL, funded by a contract with the National…- behavioral /social science research tag
- Catalogs
- Data Collection
- Ethics
- Genetic Screening
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Psychosocial Aspects of Genetic Testing for HNPCC
In order to gather important data on the psychosocial and behavioral aspects and sequelae of genetic counseling protocols for hereditary cancer, this investigation will study a consecutive series of…- Attitude
- Belief
- cancer prevention
- cancer registry /resource
- cancer risk
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Dissemination of a BRCA1 Predisposition Testing Program
This project will evaluate a BRCA1 predisposition testing program modeled closely on the Huntington Disease paradigm for members of previously identified families in which cancer susceptibility has…- breast neoplasms
- cancer prevention
- cancer risk
- family genetics
- Female