Monitors scientific progress in
basic and clinical research involving Recombinant DNA and Human Gene Transfer.
Genetic
Modification Clinical Research Information System (GeMCRIS)
Advises federal departments and
agencies on ways to minimize the possibility that knowledge and technologies
emanating from vitally important biological research will be misused to
threaten public health or national security.
Provides
policy advice to the Department of Health and Human Services on the broad
array of complex medical, ethical, legal, and social issues raised by the
development and use of genetic technologies.
Provides policy advice to the Department
of Health and Human Services on the broad array of complex medical, ethical,
legal, and social issues raised by Xenotransplantation.