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Policy and Legislation Database
Search federal and state laws and policy.
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Genetic Discrimination
Protection for personal genetic information.
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Genetic Testing
Issues, questions, legislation, policy. |
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Intellectual Property and Genomics
Gene patenting, guidelines, policy. |
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Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests
Who will pay for genetic testing? |
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Health Issues
Genetic testing, Personalized Medicine, Informed Consent. |
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Social, Cultural and Religious Issues in Genetic Research
Race, ethnicity, gender. |
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Biomedical Research Issues
Genetic engineering, cloning, stem cell research. |
Ethics Research
Online Bioethics Resources
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In Other Sections:
Initiatives and Resources Related to Minorities and Special Populations
Budget and Financial Information
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Highlights
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FDA Issues Guidance On "Home Brew" and In Vitro Tests
Two guidances illustrate FDA efforts to be mindful of the increase in "home brew" tests.
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GAO Concludes DTC Genetic Tests Mislead Consumers
A Government Accountability Study (GAO) study concludes that direct-to-consumer genetic tests pass on "misleading" information.
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Genomic Medicine: A Revolution in Medical Practice in the 21st Century
NHGRI Director Dr. Francis S. Collins speaks at the 3rd Annual World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 17, 2006. |
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The Future of Genomic Medicine: Policy Implications for Research and Medicine
A roundtable that examined what the core policy issues the NHGRI should work on to help ensure that our greatly expanding knowledge of human genomics is translated into improved health care.
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Balancing Intellectual Property Rights With Research Needs: A Report from the National Academy of Sciences [nap.edu]
The National Academy of Sciences' (NAS) Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in Genomic and Protein Research and Innovation has released a report Patenting And Licensing of Genomic and Proteomic Innovations. The report was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).This well-crafted report identifies some of the most pressing issues regarding use of intellectual property in the life sciences, lays out these issues clearly and recommends actions to a variety of stakeholders.
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A letter of support from the Secretary for Health and Human Services [od.nih.gov] 
On November 8, 2005 Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt expressed his support for federal genetic nondiscrimination legislation in a letter to the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health and Society (SACGHS). Responding to a SACGHS report, Secretary Leavitt expresses his commitment to working with Congress and relevant stakeholders to achieve the timely passage of appropriate legislation.
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NHGRI Director Speaks at Personalized Medicine Briefing
National Human Genome Research Institute Director Francis S. Collins spoke recently at a luncheon briefing hosted by the Personalized Medicine Coalition. The luncheon featured comments on genetic discrimination by Dr. Collins and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
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Task Force Recommends Against Routine Testing for Genetic Risk of Breast or Ovarian Cancer in the General Population |
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Personalized Medicine: How the Human Genome Era Will Usher in a Health Care Revolution
Personalized medicine has the potential to transform healthcare through earlier diagnosis, more effective prevention and treatment of disease, and avoidance of drug side effects.
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Legislative Database Foreign Summaries
The NHGRI Policy and Legislation Database now includes summaries and
links to foreign laws and reports on issues of genetics. You are
encouraged to search these new entries through the database search
engine. NHGRI will de updating these entries, as well as U.S. state
laws, as more become available online.
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