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We propose to explore the potential of technology trusts - enabling collective action by the public sector involving diverse stakeholders - to pool intellectual property and to cultivate collective…

The purpose of this project is to illuminate the processes by which genetic screening and genetic concepts of health and illness penetrate two contrasting communities and become integrated into the…

This workshop will gather information and advice on ways in which international and interdisciplinary groups of researchers can best work together to contribute to the evolving methods of delivering…

The New York State Task Force on Life and the Law will analyze the appropriate role for state government in issues of genetics policy, identify specific issues involving genetic testing and screening…

A large and highly heterogeneous group of individuals conducts genetic and genomic research outside of traditional corporate and academic settings. They can be an important source of innovation, but…

The conference, which will be held in Montreal on September 5-8, 1996, is designed as the first international, comparative forum for the examination of the broad issues of 'controlling'…

This project is a case study in dissemination of emerging knowledge in genetics for utilization in nursing as a practice discipline. The ultimate purpose of this project is to increase dissemination…

About a dozen states have enacted laws restricting health insurers' use of genetic test information, and a new federal law declares that asymptomatic genetic predisposition to illness does not…

The MCET and a community of academics, researchers and practitioners have designed an interdisciplinary educational program about the ethical, social and legal implications of the HGP. Using multiple…

As the scientific study of genetic variation between human groups gains momentum around the world, traditional questions of research ethics are being transformed in ways that challenge our…