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| Year in Review: Race and medicine: Bedfellows again? (Part 2 of 5)Genetic CrossroadsDecember 14th, 2006This past spring, a small U.S. company called GenSpec launched a targeted advertising campaign for racially specific multi-vitamins and weight loss pills in publications including Sports Illustrated Latino, Hispanic, Latina, Ebony, Black Enterprise and Jet. |
| Year in Review: New policies, more controversy on eggs for research (Part 5 of 5)Genetic CrossroadsDecember 14th, 2006The public and political debate about stem cell research remains dominated by the divisive embryo issue. But some policy makers are beginning to address the risks posed by the procurement of women's eggs, which researchers want in large numbers for efforts to derive stem cells from cloned embryos. |
| The Latest From Biopolitical TimesGenetic CrossroadsDecember 14th, 2006Check out a few of last month's posts from CGS' new blog: Spinning the Polls; CSI Daycare?; Free-market stem cells?; Regulating Nanotechnologies; Corporate Interests Outweigh Women's Health |
| CGS NewsGenetic CrossroadsDecember 14th, 2006CGS program director Sujatha Jesudason will present at the National Consultation on New Reproductive Technologies and their Implications for Women in India, addressed a group of key feminists, bioethicists and reproductive rights leaders in Mexico, and spoke at the International Conference on Citizenship and Commons; Jesse Reynolds spoke on stem cell research to a gathering of the Physician Advocacy Fellows; and Women of color, health, and social justice advocates came together for a dynamic conversation on the implications of new genetic and reproductive technologies |
| Other NewsGenetic CrossroadsDecember 14th, 2006Op-Eds by Richard Hayes and Parita Shah, plus news about polls, parental choices, the UN, and conflicts of interest |
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