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The National Human Genome Center at Howard University seeks to establish the Center on Genomics and Social Identity in the African Diaspora. The mission of the proposed CEER is to increase…

This proposal rests on the assumption that rapid expansion of large sample gene discovery and disclosure projects raise major ethical, legal, social and policy challenges, to such an extent that it…

As our knowledge of the role of genetic and environmental factors in colorectal cancer grows, population screening and prevention efforts can be modified to incorporate this information. The goal of…

The disability rights critique of prenatal testing asserts that genetic decision-making occurs in a context of misinformation and devaluation regarding the lives of people with genetic and/or…

We propose to create a historical resource that will allow researchers now and in the future to gain new insights into the history of human genetics as it developed in the second half of the…

One of the most important questions raised by the ongoing achievements of the Human Genome Project is how this new biological knowledge - and the powers it confers - will affect our identity and…

SoundVision Productions, creator of the highly acclaimed, nationally distributed public radio documentary series The DNA Files (1998, 2001), seeks funding for production, marketing, distribution and…

This program will serve its mission to promote responsible research in DRC and in Francophone Africa by consolidating the Center Interdisciplinaire de Bioethique pour l'Afrique Francophone (…

Thousands of women have been tested for BRCA1/2 mutations to determine whether they harbor an inherited susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer. Social and behavioral research conducted with this…

The proposed project seeks to analyze several of the conceptual, normative, and policy issues that will arise with the development of research in neurogenetics. Even though there have been some…