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DNA PROFILING AND YOU: Do genetic databases threaten or benefit society? - Discussion - UK

Date: 21.04.2005, 18:30h to 21.04.2005, 20:30h
Location: The NowGen Building, Oxford Road
Manchester
UK
Keywords: Genetic research/engineering - Human genetics - Technology ethics
Details: Will databanks of DNA samples live up to their promise of helping us cure diseases and reduce crime? From the genetic profiling of newborns, to police databases and large scale genetic research studies, are our privacy and civil liberties potentially under threat or have the potential risks been hyped? Speakers: PAUL JOHNSON, University of Durham; HELEN WALLACE, GeneWatch UK; ANDREW READ, University of Manchester
Organizer: Progress Educational Trust with Nowgen, the North West Genetics Knowledge Park
Contact: Khadija Ibrahim
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Email: Kibrahim@progress.org.uk
Webpage: http://www.nowgen.org.uk

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