WELCOME
     DR. SHAPIRO:  I would like to call our meeting to order.  We
have a long and a full agenda today so I think we better get
under way.
     For those of you that were not with us yesterday, I want to
announce once again that we have to my right, Eric Meslin, who is
now our director.  I want to welcome him.  We are very fortunate
to have been able to attract him.  As many of you know, he has
had a series of interesting and distinguished posts.  We have, as
someone mentioned yesterday, just pirated him from ELSI and we
are very pleased to do so.  I welcome him.  
     I will take the opportunity, also, once again to thank Bill
Raub, who has served in an acting capacity for us for a good part
of last year.
     Now, we will begin this morning by discussing the ongoing
work of the Human Genetics Subcommittee which met yesterday and
had what I thought was a very interesting discussion and we will
hear more about that in just a few moments.  I will turn to Tom. 
That will be our first major item on our agenda. 
     Most of the afternoon we will be doing work with the Human
Subjects Subcommittee.  
     And we have a few very important guests here today as well.
     There has been a change in the agenda, just a rearrangement
of items.  I think everyone has got a copy of the current agenda
in front of them.  If you would just take the issue "Future
Commission Research Activities" and put that as the first item
after lunch that had been, if I remember correctly, the last item
of the day.  I have put that first after lunch because
unfortunately late in the afternoon I will have to leave perhaps
before we are able to adjourn and I wanted to make sure as many
of us as possible were here for that discussion.  
     If I do have to leave while some of the discussion is going
on I apologize to my fellow commission members and to any guests
who may be participating in the discussion. 
     So, we have quite a few items and I think we just ought to
get going and let me turn first, then, to Tom and the report of
the Genetics Subcommittee.  
     Tom?
     If I could just make one more comment.  Someone said
yesterday the sound system here is the rock star variety, that is
you have to talk very close to the microphone in order for it to
really work and please jump up and wave your hand if we are not -- to our technician and helper here if we are not doing this
properly.
     So thank you very much.  
     Tom?