Welcome to the personal genetics education project (pgEd)!
What can an analysis of your DNA tell you about yourself, your family history, and your health? What might easy access to information about your genes mean for you and for society as a whole? How can we best educate and engage students on these topics?
The ability to learn about our genes and how they work has undergone an enormous leap forward in the last 10 
years. pgEd aims to get people talking about the potential benefits and risks of the fast-approaching world of personal genetics.
pgEd's mission is two-fold: to create and share curricula to facilitate the inclusion of ethical issues in genetics into the classroom and to serve as the meeting place for news, information, and resources about understanding the social, ethical, legal, and familial issues in personal genome analysis.
Technology often arrives before we have had the chance to fully prepare for the opportunities and challenges that come with it. Let's begin the conversation.
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personal genetics education project
Wu Lab
Harvard Medical School
NRB Room 266C
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115
617-432-1797
