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Francis Collins introduces Michael Boehnke - lecture on "Mapping Genes for Complex Diseases" - difficulty in finding diseases that are complex genetic traits and environmental factors; efforts to map and positionally clone genes for complex genetic traits

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Lecture by Philip Green on Mapping the Human Genome.

Scope and Contents WUSA - news report on genetic testing for inherited diseases, debate about who should know the reuslts, BRCA1 in Jewish women, Mark Skolnik talks about large scale testing for BRCA1, scientists worry about genetic testing moving ahead of what society can handle (Paul Billings); freedom of choice in testing; CNN news report on whether insurance companies can use results of genetic testing to discriminate, breast cancer test to encourage preventive treatment, Congress passed bills preventing...

Scope and Contents ABC Nightly News report - ulcers, antibody treatment; medical explanation of Gulf War Syndrome; monkeys bred for medical research in Texas have ebola; Genetic testing - Senate debate on health care bill to prevent insurance discrimination based on genetic tests, test for BRCA1, Francis Collins talks about reactions to genetic testing results; 60 minutes on genetic testing "Do you really want to know?", marines court martialed rather than give DNA sample, background on Human Genome Project...

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News reports on the prostate cancer gene - CBS Evening News - general location of gene that predisposes men to prostate cancer found; ABC News - prostate cancer linked to gene, Francis Collins speaks about it; CNN report on finding gene linked to prostate cancer; WRC news - discovery of gene for prostate cancer may lead to test

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ABC News Turning Point - story of Brad and Vicki Margus who have two children with Ataxia Telangectasia; Francis Collins talks about genetics; family whose child has SCID (immune system disorder); Brad Margus meeting with Francis Collins; Dr Yossi Shiloh,  researcher in Tel Aviv looking for AT gene; gene therapy for baby with SCID

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News report - genetic test for breast cancer predisposition, and what it means to get tested; Francis Collins cautions about getting tested without counseling

Scope and Contents News reports - new web page for information on human genetics, National Library of Medicine website showing chromosomes, genes, easy to understand; concern about security of knowledge of results of genetic testing - insurance and job discrimination; 2nd report on the website - and on the concern about insurance and job discrimination based on genetic information; CNN report on gene map on website and insurance and job discrimination based on genetics, Francis Collins speaks about protecting...

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Today Show (NBC) - Genetic testing for diseases - Francis Collins speaks about purpose of mapping human genome, to find disease's genetic components, use information to cure diseases; genetic testing for limited number of diseases; ethics about testing; diseases most frequently tested for; breast cancer; need more research on what to recommend when people are tested for genetic diseases; insurance discrimination

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John Sulston, Ph.D. commenting on missing press conference on 15 years of sequencing, and missing conference