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[Hans Goerl <GENETHICS@delphi.com>]

> From: Scott Murff <smurff@hotwired.com>

> Customize Your Kids:
>
> HotWired will be hosting writer Charles Platt on Thursday, January 9th
> at 1:00PM PST on Talk.Com (our Java-based chat system at
> http://www.talk.com) to talk about the power of the Human Genome
> Project.  There'll also be a page describing the chat in greater detail
> at:  http://www.hotwired.com/wired/5.01/genome/index.html later this
> week.
>
> Soon after the year 2000, the Human Genome Project, a massive research
> endeavor coordinated by the National Institute of Health, will have
> transcribed the code to the creation of human life. And at that time the
> code will be freely available to anyone. Talk with author Charles Platt
> about the implications of the Human Genome, which he covered for this
> month's Wired magazine. "We may someday see companies calmly and coldly
> manipulating genetic data in order to market new life-forms," says
> Platt, "from customized pets to infomorphs."
>
> Just show up and sign in to talk with Charles Platt about his new
> projects.  (If you're not already a Hotwired member, joining is free and
> easy.  To join, simply go to our membership form at
> http://www.hotwired.com/reception/join/.)
>
> Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  Hope you'll be able
> to make it to the chat!
>
> Scott Murff
> smurff@hotwired.com
>