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Subject: CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News: NIH: REQUEST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT -- 
DRAFT REPORT ON POLICY ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERTAKING LARGE U.S.
POPULATION COHORT PROJECT ON GENES, ENVIRONMENT, AND DISEASE


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| CMHS Consumer Affairs E-News July 18, 2006  Vol. 06-80
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| NIH: Request for Public Comment - Draft Report on Policy Issues Associated
with Undertaking a Large U.S. Population Cohort Project on Genes,
Environment, and Disease
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| The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society is
seeking public input on a draft report, Policy Issues Associated with
Undertaking a Large U.S. Population Cohort Project on Genes, Environment,
and Disease. The draft report focuses on preliminary and intermediate
questions, steps, and strategies in five areas that should be addressed
before an informed decision can be made about whether the United States
should undertake this project. These five areas are: research policy;
research logistics; regulatory and ethical issues; public health
implications of the research results; and social implications of the
research results.
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| The deadline for comments is July 31, 2006.
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| View draft report: http://www4.od.nih.gov/oba/sacghs/public_comments.htm
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