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Patenting
and licensing in genetic testing: ethical, legal and social issues
Sirpa Soini, Ségolène Aymé and Gert Matthijs the members of the Public and Professional Policy Committee (PPPC) and Patenting and Licensing Committee (PLC), on behalf of the ESHG
The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) wants to involve the genetics community in the analysis of, and the discussions on, the practical, political, societal, ethical and economical aspects of patenting and licensing of genes, sequences and genetic tests.
More Information - new
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First European DNA Day -
Essay Contest for High School Students
The contest aims at challenging students to examine, question and reflect on the importance and social implications of genetic research. Essays are expected to contain substantive, well-reasoned arguments indicative of a depth of understanding of the issues addressed by the selected essay question. All children aged between 12 and 18 years may enter the contest.
Deadline: April 30, 2008
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Leroy Hood to give the Distinguished Speaker lecture at ESHG 2008
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Letting the Genome out of the Bottle - Will We Get
Our Wish?
NEJM Editorial Warns of Downside to Premature Consumer Genomics Market
- NEJM Article
- Article in GenomeWeb Daily News: pdf - online
The newly elected committee for the International
System for Human Cytogenetic Nomenclature (ISCN) has been formed.
The committee consists of eleven elected members from six geographical
locations.
The following individuals will serve on the ISCN committee for 2007-2011:
- Africa/Middle East
- Myriam Chaabouni
- Asia
- Yoshimitsu Fukushima
- Prochi Madon
- Australia
- Lynda Campbell
- Europe
- Christine Harrison
- Nils Mandahl
- Albert Schinzel
- North America
- Kathleen Rao
- Marilyn Slovak
- Lisa Shaffer
- Latin America
- Carla Rosenberg
