About the Underwriters A Question of Genes: Inherited Risks is underwritten in part by SmithKline Beecham and the U.S. Department of Energy. SmithKline Beecham -- one of the world's leading healthcare companies -- discovers, develops, manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, vaccines, over-the-counter medicines and health-related consumer products, and provides healthcare services including clinical laboratory testing, disease management and pharmaceutical-benefit management. Visit SmithKline Beecham's Web site: www.sb.com/sbhealthcast The Department of Energy is entrusted to contribute to the welfare of the nation by providing the technical information and scientific and educational foundation for technology, policy and institutional leadership necessary to achieve efficiency in energy use, diversity in energy sources, a more productive and competitive economy, improved environmental quality and a secure national defense. The Human Genome Program of the Department of Energy is a focused effort to reach the goals of the U.S. Human Genome Project in cooperation with the extramural division of the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The U.S. project is part of a larger international effort to characterize the genomes of humans and several model organisms. Other genome programs include the DOE microbial genome program, a project to characterize microbes of environmental or industrial interest. The DOE Human Genome Program includes research projects at universities, DOE genome centers, DOE-owned national laboratories and other research organizations. Visit the Department of Energy's Human Genome Program Web site: www.er.doe.gov/production/oher/hug_top.html