Genetics Testing in the New Millennium
Genetics Testing in the New Millennium

Author: Constance A. Morella

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 0756705487

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Hearing held by the Subcommittee on Technology. Witnesses include: Raymond G. Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology; Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health; Dr. William F. Raub, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Science Policy, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); and Dr. Michael Watson, Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, Co-Chair, NIH-DoE Task Force of Genetics Testing.

Concepts in Pharmacogenomics
Concepts in Pharmacogenomics

Author: Martin M. Zdanowicz

Publisher: ASHP

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1585282340

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The new science of pharmacogenomics aims to understand how an individual's genetic composition affects his/her response to a specific drug or class of drugs. By studying such characteristics as drug metabolizing enzymes, drug transporter activity, and receptor sensitivity, a pharmacist is better able to prescribe the right drug the first time.If you are pharmacist, resident, or student curious about this new field, start withConcepts in Pharmacogenomics. In this practical guide, you will find an overview of the science behind pharmacogenomics, followed by detailed chapters related to its clinical application and implementation.Features include: case studies in each chapter clinical pearls illustrations of key concepts figures, diagrams, and flow charts for visual learners key points summarized.

Public Health Leadership and Management
Public Health Leadership and Management

Author: Stuart A. Capper

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9780761923183

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This book offers students the opportunity to develop and practise the skills needed to make difficult public health decisions.

Genetic Testing Policy Issues for the New Millennium
Genetic Testing Policy Issues for the New Millennium

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2001-01-11

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 9264188576

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This report provides a state-of-the art review of advances in genetic testing and of main international policy concerns drawing from the OECD workshop on "Genetic Testing: Policy Issues for the New Millennium", held in Vienna on 23-25 February 2000.

Genetics and Ethics
Genetics and Ethics

Author: Gerard Magill

Publisher: Saint Louis University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13:

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Publisher description -- The sixteen original essays in this book provide a critical guide to many ethical issues at the heart of genetics technology--and our genetics future. Drawing on fields ranging from medicine and law to religion, health policy, and biotechnology, the essays address the core topics at the heart of current debates: legal, policy, and business dimensions of the genetics revolution; cultural and social implications of genetics; and practical and clinical issues. The essays serve as authoritative guides to current concerns in a wide range of areas, from the impact of genetics on aging and long-term care to the ethics of pharmacogenetics, prenatal screening, and research with children. An epilogue connects ethics discourse to debates on embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning.

Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome
Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1988-01-01

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 0309038405

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There is growing enthusiasm in the scientific community about the prospect of mapping and sequencing the human genome, a monumental project that will have far-reaching consequences for medicine, biology, technology, and other fields. But how will such an effort be organized and funded? How will we develop the new technologies that are needed? What new legal, social, and ethical questions will be raised? Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome is a blueprint for this proposed project. The authors offer a highly readable explanation of the technical aspects of genetic mapping and sequencing, and they recommend specific interim and long-range research goals, organizational strategies, and funding levels. They also outline some of the legal and social questions that might arise and urge their early consideration by policymakers.