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Ethics and Genetics

Advanced European Bioethics Course

20–22 November, 1997, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Specialists from various countries will discuss ethical aspects of genetics.

Subjects: Ethics and the Human Genome Project; Genetic Counselling; Genetic Screening; Human Gene Therapy; Geneticization.

Lecturers will be: E. Meslin (USA), P. Schotsmans (Belgium), R. Chadwick (UK), D. Gracia (Spain), H. ten Have (Netherlands). All lectures and plenary sessions will be held in English.

For more information:

B. Gordijn, PhD

Catholic University Nijmegen

232 Dept. of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine

PO Box 9101

NL-6500 HB Nijmegen (The Netherlands)

Tel.: 0031-24-3615320

Fax: 0031-24-3540254

E-Mail: b.gordijn@efg.kun.nl

Internet site: https://doi.org/www.azn.nl/fmw/news.htm

3rd Clinical US FISH Meeting

February 10–13, 1998, Steamboat Springs, Colo., USA

FISH: New Techniques and Clinical Applications will focus on the newest developments in molecular cytogenetic technologies and their translation into clinical applications for research and diagnostic laboratories.

Visit the following WEB site for more information:

https://doi.org/www.genes.uchicago.edu/

Symposium Coordinator: Betty Wolf-Ledbetter

Fax: (773) 834-0505 - E-Mail: fish98@genetics.uchicago.edu