branch of the Human Genome Project (HGP), a growing number of biomedical institutions are organizing in-house committees and task forces to examine various ethical issues related to genetic testing ...

The research ethics issues involved in the Human Microbiome Project paralleled very closely those that are raised by human genetics research, said Dr. Amy McGuire, associate professor in the Center ...

Members of a National Research Council (NRC) panel evaluating the issues-both controversial and prosaic-surrounding the proposed Human Genome ... ethical, legal, social, logistical, and funding issues ...

The sequencing of the whole genome of individuals began last year, using blood samples provided by volunteers from around the country. The organisation leading the project, Genomics England ...

If you took a glance around Anthony James’s office ... of Harvard and MIT and who served as leader of the Human Genome Project. “And you’d better be able to say that society made a choice ...

part of this government project is to study the ethical and legal impact on society. There are similar projects in other countries. See micro array. Although sequencing costs per human genome have ...