Working Session: Current Controversies: Gene Tests, Gene Patents, Gene Databases
Wednesday 28 July 2010, 1:00pm - 2:30pm

This session provided an opportunity for Tarrytown Meeting participants who are involved (or who may want to become involved) in a number of currently active policy controversies involving human genetic technologies to discuss the current state of play and possible next steps.

  • Direct-to-Consumer Gene Test Companies and the FDA
  • Gene Patents: Lawsuit, Legislation, and Other Developments
  • Expanding Forensic DNA Databases
  • The UC Berkeley Gene Test Program

 

Knickerbocker Room