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2/15/09 Interview 2

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Part 2: Difficult Decisions In Health Care. With a tip of the hat to Evolutionist Charles Darwin's 200th birthday, Upstate Bioethicist Dr. Gregory Eastwood joins Upstate Genetic Counselor Bonnie Braddock to discuss the human genome project; how it can, probably will and already does serve as the basis for personalized medicine; and the ethical concerns surrounding such medical intervention.

Health Information Center Resources for The Human Genome Project:

Websites:

• National Genome Research Institute, from genome.gov.
• Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project, transcript and video, from gnome.gov.
• Gene Almanac, from Dolan DNA Learning Center.
• Office of Public Health Genomics, from the Centers for Disease Control.
• Genes and Gene Therapy, from Medline Plus.

Journal Articles:

• Personalized Medicine and the Practice of Medicine in the 21st Century, by Amalia M. Issa, from pubmedcentral and The Mcgill Journal of Medicine 2007 January;10(1): 53-57.
• NYT Examines Challenges To Improving 'Personalized Medicine' For Breast Cancer, Other Diseases, from Medical News Today.
• 1 Step Closer To Personalized Medicine: Stroma Genomic Signature Predicts Resistance To Anthracyclin-Based Chemotherapy In Breast Cancer, from Medical News Today.
• Personalized Medicine and Genomics, by Anne-Marie Laberge and Wylie Burke, from the book From Birth to Death and Bench to Clinic: The Hastings Center Bioethics Briefing Book for Journalists, Policymakers, and Campaigns, ed. Mary Crowley, Garrison, NY: The Hastings Center, 2008, 133-136.

Books available through bookstores and libraries, including the Health Information Center and Amazon.com.

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