Press Release: Commissioner Busquin hosts public debate on the responsible use of genetic data

The European Commission organised a conference on 'Genetics and the Future of Europe' on 6 and 7 November 2000 in Brussels. It is one of the initiatives taken by the Commission to stimulate scientists to better communicate with society, represented at the conference by politicians, industrial and social leaders. The aim is to engage the debate on the responsible use and exploitation of genome information in health, food, environment and society. Commissioner Busquin said: 'We all realise that developments in life sciences are increasingly and profoundly impacting on our lives, but we don't always know what this means. This is why I have asked a group of top-level European scientists to help me organise this meeting and to engage in a dialogue with the public on the impact of life sciences on society.'

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