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SUMMARY:Hands Off My Genes: The ethics and implications of personal genome
  sequencing - Professor Andrew Read\, Glyn Moody\, Dr Caroline Wright\, Ha
 rald Schmidt
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CONTACT:Audry Lee
DESCRIPTION:Join the Facebook event at\nhttp://cambridge.facebook.com/even
 t.php?eid=7809329742\n\nContinuing our lecture series for 2008\, The Tripl
 e Helix Cambridge (www.camtriplehelix.com) presents:\n\n"We used to think 
 that our fate was in our stars. Now we know that\, in large measure\, our 
 fate is in our genes." - Francis Crick\n\nIn our third event of the term\,
  join our expert speaker panel to discuss the implications of rapid genome
  sequencing\, now commercially available for less than $1000.  Even if you
  are not interested in having all the facts about your predisposition to i
 ncurable diseases\, others are. Employers and insurance companies would lo
 ve to get their hands on information about your genes to go along with you
 r application for a job or insurance policy.\n\nWho legally has ownership 
 of your genomic information if you have it sequenced?  What are the securi
 ty issues related to storing the information digitally?  Is it even desira
 ble to have complete knowledge about what is lurking in your DNA?\n\nJoin 
 us in an exciting panel debate to get the low down on the legal\, social\,
  technological and ethical issues relating to inexpensive genome sequencin
 g. Come ready to challenge our distinguished panel of speakers\, chaired b
 y Professor David Summers\, which includes:\n\n* Professor Andrew Read\, P
 rofessor of Human Genetics\, University of Manchester\n* Glyn Moody\, tech
 nology journalist and author\n* Dr Caroline Wright\, Project Manager\, PHG
  Foundation\n* Harald Schmidt\, Assistant Director\, Nuffield Council on B
 ioethics\n\nFollowing a short presentation from each speaker\, the floor w
 ill be open to you so we invite you to come and express your questions and
  views!
LOCATION:McCrum Lecture Theatre\, next to Eagle pub
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