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Human gene mapping

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Biomedical Ethics Advisory Committee Records

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 39020027221178]
Identifier: BRL-013
Abstract

The collection consists of records related to the Biomedical Ethics Advisory Committee (BEAC). BEAC was formed in 1987 to counsel the congressional members of the national Biomedical Ethics Board on ethical issues that arise in the delivery of healthcare and biomedical research.

Dates: 1988 - 1989

International Genetics Survey Statistical Summary Data Notebook

 Collection — Box BRL Shared 001: [Barcode: 39020028491952], Folder: 6-7
Identifier: BRL-017
Abstract

The collection consists of statistical summary data for sixteen countries derived from a survey on ethical problems faced by medical geneticists. The survey was conducted by John C. Fletcher of the National Institutes of Health in 1986. The data was used in a study published in 1989 as Ethics and Human Genetics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective. The collection also includes an explanatory letter and a copy of the questionnaire.

Dates: 1986

Robert Cook-Deegan Collection on the Human Genome Project

 Collection
Identifier: BRL-006
Abstract The collection consists of research materials on the Human Genome Project (HGP) collected by Robert Cook-Deegan. It includes correspondence, reports, meeting materials, and oral histories that document the early stages of the HGP. These materials were assembled while Cook-Deegan was authoring his book The Gene Wars: Science, Politics, and the Human Genome. Select portions of the collection have been...
Dates: 1958 - 1998; Majority of material found within 1984 - 1994