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Catherine Baker
Not a science writer by trade. In order to write Your Genes, Your Choices, I first had to study genetics and the issues involved. Then I had to try to explain them in a way that other newcomers to the subject could understand, without making terrible errors. It was a difficult task!

CONTRIBUTIONS

Washington Post
Science and Human Genome News
Hereditary Disease Foundation
Center for Bioethics (website)
Your Genes, Your Choices

ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Teratocarcinoma Stem Cells - SCIENCE
  • Remaking Eden - ETHICS
  • Mouse Genetics - MEDICAL

  • Francis Collins

    Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute.

    EDUCATION

    University of Michigan, medical geneticist

    HONORS

    The winner of the Rancorous contest

    ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Teratocarcinoma Stem Cells - SCIENCE
  • Remaking Eden - ETHICS
  • Mouse Genetics - MEDICAL

  • William Dreyer
    Pursued post-doctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health, eventually becoming a Research Scientist at NIH. In 1963 he became a Prof. of Biology at the California Institute of Technology, where he still works.

    EDUCATION

    Reed College, Undergraduate degree}
    University of Washington, Ph.D. in Biochemestry
    National Institutes of Health

    HONORS

    Dr. Dreyer has made numerous inventions that have been developed by venture capital companies, and has made major contributions to understanding the genetic and molecular basis of the immune system.


    Leslie Gornstein
    PUBLISHED WORK

    Associated Press

    ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Teratocarcinoma Stem Cells - SCIENCE
  • Remaking Eden - ETHICS
  • Mouse Genetics - MEDICAL

  • Gina Kolata
    PUBLISHED WORK

    "If Tests Hint Alzheimer's, Should a Patient Be Told?" New York Times (Oct. 24, 1995);

    ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Teratocarcinoma Stem Cells - SCIENCE
  • Remaking Eden - ETHICS
  • Mouse Genetics - MEDICAL

  • Charles Siebert

    PUBLISHED WORK

    "The DNA We've Been Dealt," New York Times Magazine (Sept. 17, 1995).

    Disowning Knowledge: Issues in Genetic Testing: Robert Wachbroit

    ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Teratocarcinoma Stem Cells - SCIENCE
  • Issues in Genetic Testing - ETHICS
  • Mouse Genetics - MEDICAL

  • Lee M. Silver

    EDUCATION

    Professor at Princeton University in the depts. Of Molecular Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary biology and Nueroscience

    HONORS

    He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science -1993

    ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Teratocarcinoma Stem Cells - SCIENCE
  • Remaking Eden - ETHICS
  • Mouse Genetics - MEDICAL

  • Rick Weiss

    PUBLISHED WORK

    "Tests' Availability Tangles Ethical and Genetic Codes," Washington Post (May 26, 1996)

    "Statement on Use of Apolipoprotein E Testing for Alzheimer Disease," JAMA, vol. 274, no. 20 (1995)

    ARTICLE CONTRIBUTIONS

  • Teratocarcinoma Stem Cells - SCIENCE
  • Remaking Eden - ETHICS
  • Mouse Genetics - MEDICAL
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