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bid on genetic testing

This bid section hosts the "brains in dialogue on genetic testing" workshop's outcomes (presentations, interviews, reports). The bid team aims to continuously update this section with contributions from everyone interested in discussing the scope and limits of brain imaging, as well as the ethical, legal and social implications. Share your views and engage in the dialogue, email us a comment or an article.
Date & Place:05 May 2010 - bid webcast

Video Interviews

Video interviews from the bid-workshop 'brains in dialogue on genetic testing'. [also on neuromediacorner youtube channel ] {read more}
Date & Place:03 May 2010 - bid REPORT

The second bid workshop - brains in dialogue on genetic testing

By CHIARA SAVIANE - A comprehensive report of the second bid workshop 'brains in dialogue on gentic testing ', including an Overview of the Themed Sessions and the Round Table, a descript ... {read more}
Date & Place:18 April 2010 - Népszabadság Online news [in Hungarian]

Pandora's genebox opens. How can we stand our future?

By PALUGYAI ISTVAN - Egyre több betegségrol derül ki, hogy ilyen vagy olyan módon, de öröklodik. Ma már 1600 különféle genetikai vizsgálat van forgalomban a világon, közülük jó néhány afféle fátumk ... {read more}
Date & Place:17 February 2010 - bid content

Speaker's Presentations

Thanks to our participants we are now able to post the talks' presentations. Click on the content you are interested in to open it. {read more}
Date & Place:05 February 2010 - bid news

Genetic tests: who wants to be the next patient?

Genetic tests promise to reveal the chance of developing a certain disease, but the related social issues and risks are not fully understood, reports DANIELA OVADIA from the second bid workshop. {read more}
Date & Place:30 January 2010 - bid news

Genetic tests: freedom of choiche

Participants at the bid round table 'Health and DNA: my life, my genes' discussed the issues related to genetic testing for neurodegenerative diseases. {read more}
Date & Place:29 January 2010 - bid news

bid: last day of the workshop

By NICO PITRELLI - The second bid-brains in dialogue workshop will close in a few hours. Coordinated by SISSA, bid is an initiative funded by the European Commission aimed at fostering dialogue o {read more}

BID REPORTING

bid past events in articles, video interviews, pictures and more.

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