Human Genome Initiative: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session ... November 9, 1989

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Página 20 - ... sequencing the human genome. Overall advice and guidance to the Genome Program at the National Institutes of Health is provided by the Program Advisory Committee on the Human Genome. I am pleased to be able to testify for the first time as Director of the National Center for Human Genome Research. The task of determining the human DNA sequence is now firmly established as a national objective. Similar to the 1961 decision made by President Kennedy to send a man to the moon, the United States...
Página 23 - A more important set of instruction books will never be found by human beings. When finally interpreted, the genetic messages encoded within our DNA molecules will provide the ultimate answers to the chemical underpinnings of human existence.
Página 29 - The images now reside on magneto-optical platters accessible from a jukebox at the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
Página 57 - Smith had a more implicit faith in the 'hidden hand' to ensure that "what is good for General Motors is good for the United States".
Página 20 - James D. Watson, Director National Center for Human Genome Research National Institutes of Health Public Health Service Department of Health and Human Services...
Página 100 - Act at or through institutes under the National Institutes of Health and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration...
Página 31 - ... the NIH Human Genome Program budget will be available for activities that address ethical, legal and social issues related to the project. The NIH Program Advisory Committee created an ethics working group to plan and coordinate this part of our Human Genome Program. The working group held its first meeting on September 14-15, 1989. At this meeting, the group began to develop a detailed plan for addressing the ethical issues arising from the application of knowledge gained as a result of the...
Página 98 - Any scientific endeavor of this magnitude must be developed in concert with a plan to ensure that the public has access to the benefits in improved health care, which should be a result of the research. It is also imperative to protect individuals and society from possible hazards which may be a consequence of our improved ability to detect and predict hereditary illness. The use of genetic information, for good or in, has long been an issue in our society. But the quantity and complexity of genetic...
Página 24 - The ability to determine the location and structure of specific genes on the 23 pairs of human chromosomes is a major step toward discovering new methods to prevent or treat the 4,000 inherited diseases that are caused by single-gene defects, or the many more genetic defects that involve an inherited susceptibility to disease. The...
Página 33 - The importance, complexity, and cost of the effort to map and sequence the human genome makes international cooperation essential. Most developed countries are already formulating strategies to undertake aspects of this international effort, and some developing countries have expressed interest in participating in the research as well.

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