Allele: Alternate forms of a gene. For example, human blood type has 3 alleles -- A, B, and O. Each human being inherits 2 alleles for every gene function, 1 from each parent. Gene therapy: Treatment ...

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International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3 (June 2015), pp. 1-19 (21 pages) Publically funded biobanking initiatives and genetic research should contribute towards reducing inequalities in ...

Expert speakers and community members will present a workshop later this week addressing ethical, legal and social issues related to genetics and healthcare in rural Montana communities. "Knowing our ...

In June, as the public and private genome projects prepared to announce the rough mapping of the human genome, a special Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) genetics ethics committee was ...

Six years after the world was reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, critical ethical, legal, and social questions remain regarding how societies responded and ...