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Societal and Medical Consequences of the Human Genome Project

Inter-disciplinary approaches to human genetics

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The Human Genome Project is a US-based molecular biological project, the results of which are likely to be implemented on humans. The sociopolitical dimension of this is highly neglected. The aim of the conference was to fill this gap by drawing together scientists of natural and political sciences to discuss the consequences of the Human Genome Project across the disciplines.

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  1. Institut fuer Geschichte der Medizin, Im Neuenheimer Feld 327, 1.OG., 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, Germany

    Martina Keilbart

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Keilbart, M. Societal and Medical Consequences of the Human Genome Project. Funct Integr Genomics 1, 146–149 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101420000017

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