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</font>It is not too late to register for the Business of Race and
Science Conference! The conference, which is free and open to the
public, will be held at the MIT Faculty Club next Friday and Saturday,
March 30th and 31st. Preregistration is appreciated! Please
see conference details below.<br><br>
<font size=4 color="#0000FF">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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