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  • Grant Abstract

    Psychological Impact of Parental Genetic Testing on Adolescent Girls

    The genetic locus, BRCA1, confers a significantly increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. This pilot project will survey the knowledge, belief, and risk perceptions regarding breast and ovarian…
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    Genetic Testing, Disabilities, and the Quality of Life

    This study will examine the significance accorded to disability in judgements about quality and value of human lives, focusing on two domains in which such judgments are of central importance…
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    National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics

    The goal of this project is to collect, and disseminate information on the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genetics. 'Human genetics' includes the HGP, genetic testing and…
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    Medicine at the Crossroads

    An 8-part public television series on the scientific and technological advances transforming the practice of medicine, and the involvement of genetics in the issues medicine will have to deal with in…
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    Beliefs about Genes & Environment as Causes of Behavior

    The aim of this proposal is to add to the limited store of knowledge available about public values and attitudes relevant to various aspects of genetic technology. The proposal has two specific aims…
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    Developing Clinical Translational Tools to Communicate Genetic Risk to Individuals who are at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis

    Great strides are being made in identifying early signs that put people in a 'high risk state' for illnesses, enabling identification during what has been called a 'high risk state…
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    Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Genetic Disorders

    The 1995 March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundations' Clinical Genetics Conference will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on March 3-4, 1995. This project will…
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    Do Physicians Understand Uncertain Variants and Other Genetic Test Results?

    Testing for mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 breast-ovarian cancer susceptibility genes has been performed in over 70,000 individuals. Like other sequence-based tests, the results can reveal a normal…
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    Exploring Choice of Law Challenges in Multi-Site Precision Medicine Research

    Through the combined study of individual variation in genes, environment, and lifestyle, precision medicine research offers the potential for discoveries that will improve human health. Spurred by…
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    Genetic Testing in the Ashkenazi Jewish Population

    The objective of this research is to conduct and evaluate a pilot program for the simultaneous screening of carriers for CF, Tay Sachs Disease (TSD) and Gaucher's Disease (GD) in the Ashkenazi…