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Title

Plain talk about the human genome project : a Tuskegee University Conference on its promise and perils ... and matters of race / Edward Smith, Walter Sapp, editors.

Publication

Tuskegee, Ala. : Tuskegee University, ©1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Smith, Edward (Edward Jude), 1961-
• Sapp, Walter (Walter James), 1934-
• Tuskegee University Conference on the Human Genome Project (1996 : Tuskegee University)

Description

xviii, 292 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Subject

• Human Genome Project > Congresses
• Human Genome Project > Social aspects > Congresses
• Human Genome Project
• NCHGR Program on Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI)
• Human Genome Project
• Tuskegee Syphilis Study
• Human genome
• Bioethics
• Genome, Human
• Bioethics
• Bioethical Issues
• Génome humain
• Bioéthique
• Human genome
• Social aspects
• Mensch
• Genomprojekt
• Kongress

Genre/Form

• Congress
• Conference proceedings.
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• The conference was held September 26-28, 1996 at Tuskegee University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Benjamin F. Payton -- Preface / Edward Smith and Walter Sapp -- The human genome project; what is it? / Ari Patrinos -- The promise of the human genome project; an introduction / Richard Myers -- Genome centers; what is their role? / Maynard V. Olson -- After the end of the beginning; the story of the breast cancer gene / Marilyn E. Thompson -- Hypertension in the African diaspora; genes and the environment / Richard Cooper, M.D. -- Technology transfer / Ronald King.
• Race differences; genetic evidence / Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza -- Global perspectives on the human genome project / Raymond A. Zilinskas -- The dilemma of difference / Patricia King -- The responsibilities of scientists in the genetics and race controversies / Jon Beckwith -- Assessing the human genome project; an African American and bioanthropological critique / Fatimah Jackson -- G-RAP; a model HBCU genomic research and training program / Georgia M. Dunston -- Ethical, legal and social concerns about the HGP and genome data use / Hans Goerl -- Can what you don't know hurt you? The case of genetic screening for breast cancer / Courtney S. Campbell -- The ethical, legal, and social implications program at NHGRI, NIH / Elizabeth Thomson.
• Technocracy and democracy / Philip Bereano -- The ethics of predictive genetic screening; are the benefits worth the risks? / Robert Murray, Jr. -- Ethics and the future of genetic testing? / Glenn McGee -- Genetic discrimination in health insurance and why it is wrong / Thomas Murray -- Insurance concerns; are the fears exaggerated? / David J. Christianson -- Genetic testing and insurance; a question of balance / Joan Herman -- The genetic privacy act; a proposal for national legislation / Patricia Roche, Leonard H. Glantz, George J. Annas -- The brave new world of DNA; transcendence or transgression / Vijaya L. Melnick -- Who's that fish on my line? The dangers of electronic distribution of genetic information / Hans S. Goerl.
• Of genes and genomes / David Botstein -- Molecular halos and behavioral glows / Troy Duster -- The virtual workplace; a model biotechnology classroom program / Robert Yuan -- Educational programs on the HGP sponsored by the NHGRI / Paula Gregory -- The HuGEM project; education consumers and health professionals / Virginia Lapham -- Classroom debates; facilitating student awareness of human genetics / Aleta Sullivan -- Students; how we can help / Carlton P. Jones -- Role of the church in increasing community awareness of the HGP / Edward L. Wheeler.

ISBN

• 1891196014
• 9781891196010

LCCN

97044115

OCLC

• ocm38042860
• 38042860
• SCSB-9635747

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library