Scope and Contents Genetic testing - would you want to know and what would you do about it; includes health insurance issues; woman with Huntington's in her family, can get genetic test; availability of breast and colon cancer genetic tests; protecting privacy with regard to genetic test results; discussion with Francis Collins about Human Genome Project; Jill Brensinger talks about genetic counseling, privacy, possibility of losing insurance, available genetic tests; Francis Collins talks about ELSI and...

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Genomics Symposium - The Genetic Basis of Human Disease - Introduction to symposium; highlights from different speakers, comments from different attendees

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Introduction to the symposium and the topic of genetics and the Human Genome project; 2nd introduction by Bruce Alberts, chair of the symposium; Paul Berg speaks about "Dealing with Genes" - genetics and DNA; David Botstein speaks about "Genetic Maps: Getting there from here", why need a new method for dealing with problem of genetic mapping

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Gerry Fink speaks about "Of Yeast and Men: The Commonality of Genomes"; Eric Lander speaks about "Understanding the Potential and Limits of the Genome Map"

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Seymour Benzer speaks about "The Genome and Behavior in Flies and Humans" and Harold Varmus speaks about "The Genetic Basis for Cancer"

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Francis Collins speaks about "Isolating Disease Genes" and William Rutter speaks about "Genetics and the Future of Pharmaceutical Research"

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Mary Claire King speaks about "Genetics and Human Rights: Identifying the Children of the Disappeared" and Nancy Wexler speaks about "Living with Uncertainty: Personal Consequences of Hereditary Disease"

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Daniel Kelves speaks about "The Eugenic Prospects: Is the Past Prologue?" and Henry Greely speaks about "Discrimination on the Basis of Genotype"

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Patricia King speaks about "Thinking Ahead: Planning, Politics and the Genome Initiative" and a "Forum Provocateur" including Charles Ogletree, Jon Beckwith, Francis Collins, Pierre DuMaine, Mary Claire King, Patricia King, Daniel Koshland, Eric Lander, David Perlman, William Rutter, and Nancy Wexler

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Forum on social and ethical implications:  Charles Ogletree, Jon Beckwith, Francis Collins, Pierre DuMaine, Mary Claire King, Patricia King, Daniel Koshland, Eric Lander, David Perlman, William Rutter, and Nancy Wexler