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TUES., SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

GENETICS IN MEDICINE. L ECTURE SERIES at the COUNTWAY LIBRARY OF MEDICINE. TUES., SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 4:30 pm PRESENTATION Minot Room 5:30 pm

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TUES., SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

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  1. GENETICS IN MEDICINE LECTURE SERIES at the COUNTWAY LIBRARY OF MEDICINE TUES., SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 4:30 pm PRESENTATION Minot Room 5:30 pm BOOK SIGNING - The Harvard Medical Coop will sell the book at Countway RECEPTION Lahey Room 5th Floor Countway Library 10 Shattuck Street Boston, MA 02115 for more information email: rvogel@hms.harvard.edu The secrets locked in our genes are being revealed, and we find ourselves both enthused and frightened about what that portends. We look forward to curing disease by alleviating suffering; but, we also worry about delving too deeply into the double helix. Abuses perpetrated by eugenicists continue to taint our feelings about genetic screening. Dr. Cowan persuasively argues that new forms of screening are both morally right and politically acceptable. Co-sponsored by the HMS Partners Healthcare Center for Genetics and Genomics and the Countway Library of Medicine - MEET THE AUTHOR - RUTH SCHWARTZ COWAN, Ph.D Janice & Julian Bers Professor of History & Sociology of Science University of Pennsylvania

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