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<font size=4 color="#0000FF"><b>Conference Announcement: The
Business of Race and Science<br>
Date: March 30-31, 2007<br>
Place: Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
</b></font>Website:
<<a href="http://web.mit.edu/csd" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/csd</a>><br><br>
Although humans share 99.5% of their genes, there may be much variation
that is<br>
interesting, even profitable, in the remaining 0.5%. Companies now
market<br>
race-specific medications, vitamins, and cosmetics. Competing
laboratories<br>
offer genetic analyses for ancestry and forensics. Will this
commodification<br>
of racial science help the targeted populations and society at
large? Should<br>
this commercialization of racial difference be endorsed or
sanctioned? Drawing<br>
on history, anthropology, law, ethics, medicine, economics, and
sociology, this<br>
conference explores the promise and pitfalls of the new business of race
and<br>
science.<br><br>
The conference is free and open to the public. Conference
organizers request<br>
that you signal your intention to attend by preregistering. Send an
e-mail<br>
with name, affiliation, and address to gdorr@mit.edu. Additional
information,<br>
including the conference program, is available at
<<a href="http://web.mit.edu/csd" eudora="autourl">
http://web.mit.edu/csd</a>> <br><br>
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Debbie Meinbresse<br>
STS Program, MIT<br>
617-452-2390<br>
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