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Tuskegee University News~tember 19, 1996, Page $
Human Genome Project
Bureau
conference on the
e Project nation-
international research
to understand the
code through
of mapping and
genes, will convene
Tuskegee University
Conference Center
26.
is the first to
at a historically black
or university campus
not only discuss the
Genome Project but its
legal and social impli-
Some of the implica-
very significant to
ans, notably
based on genet-
race, some scientists
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based.
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movies and car-
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I always think it
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The half-houri week-
the escapades
cubs as they
of life in the
believe.
The 20 speakers include
many of the top scientists
working on genomic reseaTch
and some of the leading ethi-
cists who are "carefully w-~.tch-
ing" and publishing about the
research.
The conference is expected to
attract more than 300 scien-
tists, bioethicists, health care
providers, policymakers,
church and community leaders
and other potential beneficia-
ries and users of genetic infor-
mation produced by the project,
and the general public.
The Human Genome Project,
launched in 1990 as a collabo-
rative program of the U. S.
Department of Energy and the
National Institutes of Health,
is helping scientists identify
genes that influence disease
such as cancer, hypertension,
diabetes, and sickle cell ane-
mia.
The project has great poten-
tial for overcoming these dis-
eases through yet-to-be-devel-
oped gene therapy techniques.
According to Dr. Ed Smith,
assistant professor of animal
genetics who is conference coor-
dinator, "the future of medicine
and life sciences rests with an
awareness of this project and
its results. You need to find the
genes before they can be used
for gene therapy in correcting
hereditary disease conditions."
Despite the relevance and
importance of this project,
which as been called the most
significant biological program
of our times, concerns have
Habit for Humanity
chapter now at TU
Habitat for Humanity of
Macon County has chartered a
chapter at Tuskegee
University, raising the total
number of campus chapters to
412.
Danielle Dixon is the presi-
dent and Troy McQueen is the
chapter advisor.
Father Garfield, vice-presi-
dent of the Macon County
Habitat for Humanity, said the
campus chapter provides the
opportunity for college stu-
dents to become involved with
Habitat by raising funds, work-
ing with projects, and increas-
ing people's awareness of the
need for decent shelter.
Father Garfield further stat-
ed that the Macon County
Habitat is in need of volun-
teers.
People are needed to work on
the various committees.
Much has to be done before
persons gather to build the first
Habitat home in Macon
County, he said.
Volunteers may contact
Habitat at (334) 727-3866 or
write to Macon County Habitat
for Humanity, P. 0. Box 247,
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been raised by many about the
potential misuse of genetic
information by, for example,
insurance companies and
employers. Speakers will
address these concerns and
suggest possible solutions.
Dr. Thomas Murray, director
of the Center for Biomedical
Ethics at Case Western
Reserve University, will
address some of these concerns.
David Christianson, chair of
the American Academy of
Actuaries Task Force on
Genetic Testing and Life
Insurance, will speak from the
point of view of insurance
providers.
Dr. Martha Krebs, director of
the Office of Energy Research,
U. S. Department of Energy,
will give the conference
keynote address on what the
Human Genome Project is.
Her office has major responsi-
bility over three human
genome research centers. Dr.
Richard Myers, Dr. David
Botstein and Dr. Luca Cavalli-
Sforza, all of Stanford
University which has a Human
Genome Center, are also on the
conference agenda.
Dr. Cavalli-Sforza will pre-
sent on what genetic evidence
is on race differences, his area
of research interest. Dr.
Fatimah Jackson of the
University of Maryland will
give a bio-anthropological and
African-American perspective.
Harvard Medical School's Dr.
Jon Beck-with will discuss how
genetics has been used in the
past to advance racist ideas
and how the Human Genome
Project might learn from these
lessons. Dr. Robert Murray of
Howard University will look at
the "Ethical Concerns of
Genetic Testing."
Smith said the conference will
also give special attention to
strategies for increasing the
awareness of the issues on the
part of African-Americans and
the involvement of African-
American institutions in the
Human Genome Project.
Planners hope the conference
will open opportunities for
internships for African-
American students at national
genome centers.
The conference is being sup-
ported by the U. S. Department
of Energy, the National
Institutes of Health, the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, and
Research Genetics, Inc.
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