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The purpose of this study is to contribute empirical data and critical analysis relevant to patenting and licensing of DNA sequence patents, focusing on genomic diagnostics. Recent survey data…

The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Programs of the National Institutes of Health and Department of Energy were established to address ethical and related issues raised by the Human…

The proposed project explores how researchers in the new and growing arena of gene- environment interaction (GxE) research operationalize the concept of "a human population." The proposed…

The Human Genome Project and the International HapMap Project have produced significant resources for understanding the genetic bases for health and disease, including identifying genetic variations…

This 2-year project tackles a profoundly important but widely ignored problem: how should researchers handle incidental findings that have potential clinical significance, what should consent forms…

The proposed project explores a new direction in our larger research on the use of human genetic variation studies in the search for biomedically related genetic markers. Broadly, the aim of the new…

This proposal requests funding to support an evaluation of existing regulatory frameworks and their appropriateness for the regulation of new probiotic products that are available in the market or…

We propose an exploratory survey, parallel to the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), of the emergent ethical, legal, and social issues associated with human microbiome research. We will implement this…

This project is an investigation of the implications of research on ancient and contemporary human microbiomes for the social and ancestral identities of indigenous people. It will engage indigenous…

Completing the Human Genome and the Human HapMap Projects has enabled studies associating genetic variation with complex diseases such as various cancers, coronary artery disease, and diabetes. This…