Nice genome programs on TV this week, every night! --> Charlie Rose Special Edition: Mapping the Human Genome
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NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--June 16, 2000--The human genome is referred to in the scientific community as the book of human life.
The race is on to decipher this complex book and the stakes are huge. This week, Charlie Rose explores the scientific and ethical issues surrounding "Mapping the Human Genome" in a fascinating series of interviews spotlighting the key players in what many believe will be one of the greatest achievements of our time.
Charlie Rose airs weeknights at 11:00 p.m. on PBS (check local listings)
Monday, June 19: Dr. Craig Venter, Chairman and Chief Scientific
Officer, Celera Genomics
Tuesday, June 20: Dr. Francis Collins, Director, National Human
Genome Research Institute
Wednesday, June 21: Dr. James Watson, President, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory; Dr. Harold Varmus, President & CEO,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center;
Arnold Levine, President and Heilbrunn Professor
in Cancer Biology, Rockefeller University;
Dr. Savio Woo, President, American Society of Gene
Therapy
Thursday, June 22: William Haseltine, CEO and Chairman, Human Genome
Sciences, Inc.; Viren Mehta, Managing Partner,
Mehta Partners Global Healthcare Investments;
Nicholas Wade, Science Writer, The New York Times;
Richard Preston, Author/Contributor New Yorker
magazine; Dr. Arthur Caplan, Director, Center for
Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
Friday, June 23: Implications for the Future
CONTACT: Thirteen/WNET, New York
Kellie Specter, 212/560-3009
specter@thirteen.org
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