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CONTACT:Genomics.Forum@ed.ac.uk
ORGANIZER:ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum 
DTEND:20071026T160000
UID:2008-09-07T20:01:46-0400_895546162@socialweb1
DESCRIPTION:The ESRC Genomics Network is hosting a landmark event - Genomic
 s in Society: Today's Answers\, Tomorrow's Questions - in Westminster on 25
  & 26 October 2007. This event marks the end of the initial 5 years of ESRC
  funding\, and kickstarts the next 5 years of new research on genomics and 
 society. Please visit  "http://www.genomicsandsociety.org/":http://www.geno
 micsandsociety.org/" for all details on programme\, call for posters\, regi
 stration etc. 
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\nDedicated policy sessions include: 
\n>      Public 
 Consultation: More than Window-Dressing? 
\n>      Family Histories or Gene
 tic Testing?  How to use genetic information to advance the public's health
 ? 
\n>       Dolly for Dinner? Emerging breeding technologies in animal agr
 iculture 
\n>       Genomes for Sale? Patenting and intellectual property i
 n Genomics 
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\nIn depth analysis sessions include: 
\n>       Genetic dat
 abases and biobanking - Do biobanks offer the best route to a healthy popul
 ation and a secure society? 
\n>       Genomics in developing countries - I
 s genomics just the latest "technological fix" for the poor world? 
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    Stem cell  landscapes - What is driving stem cell research? 
\n>       P
 sychiatric genomics  - Will genomics revolutionise psychiatry and the under
 standing of the brain? 
\n>       Media and public representation - Is 'get
 ting a fair press' the key issue? 
\n>       Pharmaceutical innovation and 
 regulation - Where will future drugs come from and will they be good for us
 ? 
\n>       Individuals\, their genes and identity - Am I my genome? 
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       New biologies: Systems Biology and Proteomics  - Is biology being re-
 shaped by genomics and its successors? 
\n>       Nutrigenomics - Can genom
 ics help individuals to identify the "right foods" to eat? 
\n>       Trans
 lating research on genomics and medicine - How to make social research on f
 amily medicine accessible? 
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SUMMARY:Genomics and Society: Today's Answers\, Tomorrow's Questions
DTSTART:20071025T091500
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