Plain talk about the human genome project : a Tuskegee University Conference on its promise and perils ... and matters of race

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Foreword / Benjamin F. Payton

Preface / Edward Smith and Walter Sapp

The human genome project; what is it? / Ari Patrinos

The promise of the human genome project; an introduction / Richard Myers

Genome centers; what is their role? / Maynard V. Olson

After the end of the beginning; the story of the breast cancer gene / Marilyn E. Thompson

Hypertension in the African diaspora; genes and the environment / Richard Cooper, M.D

Technology transfer / Ronald King. Race differences; genetic evidence / Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza

Global perspectives on the human genome project / Raymond A. Zilinskas

The dilemma of difference / Patricia King

The responsibilities of scientists in the genetics and race controversies / Jon Beckwith

Assessing the human genome project; an African American and bioanthropological critique / Fatimah Jackson

G-RAP; a model HBCU genomic research and training program / Georgia M. Dunston

Ethical, legal and social concerns about the HGP and genome data use / Hans Goerl

Can what you don't know hurt you? The case of genetic screening for breast cancer / Courtney S. Campbell

The ethical, legal, and social implications program at NHGRI, NIH / Elizabeth Thomson. Technocracy and democracy / Philip Bereano

The ethics of predictive genetic screening; are the benefits worth the risks? / Robert Murray, Jr

Ethics and the future of genetic testing? / Glenn McGee

Genetic discrimination in health insurance and why it is wrong / Thomas Murray

Insurance concerns; are the fears exaggerated? / David J. Christianson

Genetic testing and insurance; a question of balance / Joan Herman

The genetic privacy act; a proposal for national legislation / Patricia Roche, Leonard H. Glantz, George J. Annas

The brave new world of DNA; transcendence or transgression / Vijaya L. Melnick

Who's that fish on my line? The dangers of electronic distribution of genetic information / Hans S. Goerl. Of genes and genomes / David Botstein

Molecular halos and behavioral glows / Troy Duster

The virtual workplace; a model biotechnology classroom program / Robert Yuan

Educational programs on the HGP sponsored by the NHGRI / Paula Gregory

The HuGEM project; education consumers and health professionals / Virginia Lapham

Classroom debates; facilitating student awareness of human genetics / Aleta Sullivan

Students; how we can help / Carlton P. Jones

Role of the church in increasing community awareness of the HGP / Edward L. Wheeler