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Disability law may cover gene flaws
Lawyers, scientists, and others met to discuss legal protection for people who carry identified gene mutations.
References:
1999. Brandon v. Abbott: Implications for asymptomatic genetic conditions. National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Action Plan on Breast Cancer Workshop. February. Washington, D.C.
Further Readings:
1995. Testing genes: Physicians wrestle with the information that genetic tests provide. Science News 148(Dec. 9):394.
Fackelmann, K.1994. DNA dilemmas. Science News 146(Dec. 17):408.
______. 1994. Beyond the genome. Science News 146(Nov. 5):298.
Sources:
Francis S. Collins
National Institutes of Health
National Human Genome Research Institute
Building 31, Room 4B09
31 Center Drive, Mailstop Code 2152
Bethesda, MD 20892-2152
Paul Miller
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
1801 L Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20507
Jill Stopfer
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
Cancer Risk Evaluation Program
1008 Stellar Chance Laboratories
422 Curie Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Kathy Zeitz
Nebraska Methodist Health System
8511 West Dodge Road
Omaha, NE 68114
From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 9, February 27, 1999, p. 134. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.
