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Human Genome News, July 1992; 4(2)
The Second Bioethics Seminar: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Human Genome Research took place March 20-21 in Fukui, Japan. Over 200 participants from Japan and 13 other countries attended the meeting, which was held under the auspices of the Fukui Medical School and the Study Group on Human Genome Research of the Japanese Ministry of Education. The event was cosponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization; the World Health Organization; and other groups.
Speaker abstracts were provided in English and Japanese, and simultaneous translation occurred during the sessions. In lectures and panel discussions, 12 foreign scientists and 30 Japanese speakers from various fields of natural and social science discussed the status of human genome research in Japan; the historical background of bioethics, clinical application, and social issues in medical genetics; the responsibility of scientists; and the results of an international opinion survey. The scientific portion of the meeting was followed by a lecture for the general public.
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The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international 13-year effort, 1990 to 2003. Primary goals were to discover the complete set of human genes and make them accessible for further biological study, and determine the complete sequence of DNA bases in the human genome. See Timeline for more HGP history.
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