Report
Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse
1992
Abstract
The human genome project started in 1989 with the collaboration of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This document aims to develop an understanding among students of the human genome project and relevant issues. Topics include the science and technology of the human genome project, and the ethical and public policy dimensions of the project. Four activities are presented in the document: (1) "DNA Sequences"; (2) "Do Our Genes Determine Our Future?"; (3) "The Case of Nathaniel Wu"; and (4) "Public Policy: Genetics and Alcoholism". Four chapters of instructional information on DNA and appropriate activities related to the chapters are also presented. Chapters include: (1) "The Hereditary Molecule"; (2) "Passing Traits from One Generation to the Next"; (3) "How Genes and the Environment Influence Our Health"; and (4) "Controlling Our Genetic Futures." Appendices include Timeline, Helpful Hints, and Some Frequently Used Suppliers. (Contains 39 references.) (YDS)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome: Science, Ethics, and Public Policy
- Creators
- Mary Ann G CutterEdward DrexlerLaurence B McCulloughJoseph D McInerneyJeffrey C MurrayBelinda RossiterJohn ZolaAmerican Medical Association
- Resource Type
- Report
- Publisher
- Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse
- Number of pages
- 402 pages
- Alternative title
- ERIC documents (Online)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1992
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Epidemiology; Pediatric Dentistry; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Dental Research
- Record Identifier
- 9985074741102771
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