Human Genome Decoding: Ethical Implications
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[The Human Genome Project: ethical and social implications].
This article explores some of the potential moral and social ramifications of the Human Genome Project. Research on the human genome is generating important ethical and social questions of at least three distinct kinds. First, what genetic information should be generated, and who should control its dissemination and use? Improved diagnostic techniques such as presymptomatic testing, carrier scr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Bioethics
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1128-7462,1591-7398
DOI: 10.1080/11287462.2000.10800758