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Autism is a complex lifelong neurodevelopmental and behavioral disorder that manifests in infancy or early childhood. Although the causes are still unknown, the data suggest that autism and Autism…

Advances in psychiatric genetics are likely to offer major diagnostic and therapeutic benefits, but also legal and social-related risks, to individuals who were diagnosed with, or have a proclivity…

This project will assemble persons of diverse religious commitments to study the religious and ethical implications of genome research. Four regional inter-disciplinary study groups will produce…

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 '…

The objective of the proposed research is to identify the nature and extent of the clergy's role in genetics counseling as understood by genetic counselors and other healthcare professionals.…

The goal of the project will be to address and clarify the methodological, legal and philosophical issues raised by research on genetic factors in crime, and to introduce the public to this emerging…

This conference, Genetics and Society: Impact of New Technologies on Law, Medicine, and Policy, will bring together more than 800 physicians, lawyers, ethicists, scientists, clergy, students,…

The Family as Context in Clinical Genetics Project (FCCGP) is an innovative Web-based curriculum that focuses on the integration of the new genetic knowledge into clinical practice and uses the…

Addictive disorders are increasingly conceptualized as biomedical diseases with genetic roots. While conventional wisdom has suggested that attributing addictions to genetics should have many…

Various theories have been offered about the significance of attributing behavioral characteristics - for example, propensity to violence, intelligence, alcoholism, and obesity to genes or genetic…