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Human Genome News, January-June 1997; 8:(3-4)
The Winter 1997 issue of Journal of the American Medical Women's Association (JAMWA) is devoted to genetics and women's health. The issue includes articles on the Human Genome Project from NIH and DOE perspectives, clinical molecular genetic testing, genetic identification of children of the disappeared in Argentina, and genetic-susceptibility testing for breast and ovarian cancer. Other articles are on communicating about chromosomes, genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis, women's ethics in genetics, deficiencies in obtaining consent for genetic testing, genetic discrimination and health insurance, and the revival of eugenics in American popular culture.
Authors include Francis Collins and Leslie Fink [both at NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)], Ari Patrinos and Daniel Drell (both of the DOE Human Genome Program), Linda Brzustowicz (Rutgers University) and Bernice Allitto (Genzyme Genetics), Victor Penchaszadeh (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Barbara Bowles Biesecker and Lawrence Brody (both at NHGRI), Rayna Rapp (New School for Social Research), Diana Punales-Morejon (Beth Israel Medical Center), Dorothy Wertz (Shriver Center), Lori Andrews (Chicago-Kent College of Law), Karen Rothenberg (University of Maryland School of Law), and Dorothy Nelkin (New York University) and Susan Lindee (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia).
Back issues: JAMWA; 801 North Fairfax St.; Alexandria, VA 22314 (703/838-0500, Fax: /549-3864)
The electronic form of the newsletter may be cited in the following style:
Human Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome News (v8n3).
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.
Published from 1989 until 2002, this newsletter facilitated HGP communication, helped prevent duplication of research effort, and informed persons interested in genome research.
