Unzipping Your Genes
The promise and perils of personalized medicine
Tuesday, November 27, 2007, 6 p.m.
Gladstone Hotel - The Gladstone Ballroom
1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
Please RSVP: cafescientifique@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Join us for discussions, debates and refreshments. This free event is presented by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and its Institute of Genetics.
The genomic revolution is opening the door to "personalized medicine" - the possibility of using a person's genetic information to identify each individual's risks for disease and then to tailor individualized strategies for prevention or treatment. But is personalized medicine an elusive dream or an imminent reality? What challenges do we face in translating genomic information into clinical practice? Will it really benefit us as individuals and society as a whole? Do the benefits outweigh the costs and the risks? What's more, who controls access to the information and how is it to be used?
Experts:
Dr. Mildred Cho
Associate Director
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics
Stanford University
School of Medicine
Dr. Thomas J. Hudson
President and Scientific Director
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Dr. Robert L. Nussbaum
Chief, Division of Medical Genetics
Department of Medicine, University of California
San Francisco (UCSF)
Institute for Human Genetics
Moderator:
Dr. Roderick McInnes
Scientific Director
CIHR's Institute of Genetics
Sponsors:
Archon X-Prize for Genomics
Ontario Genomics Institute
Contact:
Esther Berzunza
CIHR-Institute of Genetics
123 Edward Street, Suite 1211
Toronto, ON M5G 1E2
Tel.: 416-813-7671
Fax: 416-813-7673
E-mail: estherig@sickkids.ca