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A short while ago I attended a workshop organized by Senator Dominici in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Others who were present included Ruth Kirschstein, Director of General Medical Sciences at NIH, and David Kingsbury, NSF Assistant Director for Biological and Behavioral Research. What became clear from the discussion was that the human genome project means different things to different Agencies. Although that causes some confusion at first, it is a very positive sign because what people have in mind tends to be complementary. The type of consortium just described by Jack McConnell makes a lot of sense because different Agencies generally have different contributions to make to molecular biology and medical genetics. What emerges, after the initial confusion subsides, is a very powerful and potentially very coherent Federal program.
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DeLisi, C. (1988). Overview of Human Genome Research. In: Woodhead, A.D., Barnhart, B.J., Vivirito, K. (eds) Biotechnology and the Human Genome. Basic Life Sciences, vol 46. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5547-2_2
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