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  • Grant Abstract

    Black Newspaper Coverage of Genetics and its Implications for African Americans

    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…
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    Returning Exome and Whole Genome Results To Underserved Minority Populations

    Exome sequencing (ES) and whole genome sequencing (WGS) are transformative new tools for discovery of genetic risk factors for both rare and common diseases and offer the potential of personalized…
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    Ownership Interests in Research Outputs of Genomic Citizen Science Initiatives

    Ms. Christi Guerrini is research faculty in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM). BCM is a premier academic health science center known for excellence…
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    Preparing for the New Genetics: Education of Professionals

    The objective of this project is to determine what key professionals need to know about the ethical, legal, and social ramifications of the genome project and how these needs can best be met. Working…
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    Concepts of Nature, Biotechnology, and the Human Genome

    The proposed research seeks to analyze arguments in the literature of philosophy, theology and public policy that take the genome in its integrity, contingency, or historical authenticity to be what…
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    African American Genealogy, Old Records/New Genetics

    The University of Minnesota's Center for Bioethics will hold the first national meeting to bring together the diverse groups working to reconstruct African American genealogies and ancestries…
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    Theological Questions Raised by the Human Genome Initiative

    The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences will monitor the ongoing research of the HGP by drawing out its implications for theology and ethics. The project's long range value will be to…
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    The Genome Project and Technologies of Enhancement

    The goal of this project is to identify and analyze the challenges that genetic enhancements pose for American health policy and social policy. It will place genetics into the context of other…
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    The Promises and Pitfalls of Native Genetic Research

    The goal of this project is to explore the range of ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic research and health services with Indian and Native peoples. These issues have proven to be…
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    Use of Amniocentesis by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans

    This project will examine decisions about the use of prenatal diagnostic testing made by Mexican immigrant and Mexican-American families found to be at risk for having a child with a disability. The…