Responsibility of genetic testing

Genetic Engineering and Moral Responsibility

Over the past 12,000 years humans have gradually developed greater understanding and control over life. Agriculture, including plant and animal husbandry, were early important developments. Medicine also contributed to the control of life by fighting disease and more recently through technologies to control and manipulate fertility. Knowledge and technologies from physics and chemistry provide ...

Genetic conservation: our evolutionary responsibility.

The conservation of the crop varieties of traditional agriculture in the centers of genetic diversity is essential to provide genetic resources for plant improvement. These resources are acutely threatened by rapid agricultural development which is essential for the welfare of millions. Methodologies for genetic conservation have been worked out which are both effective and economical. Urgent a...

Genetic decision-making: parental responsibility.

Genetic testing and research in Lynch Syndrome - is it a choice or a responsibility?

Results Choice in genetic testing and research does not appear to be the key value for participants in this study; instead they are influenced by a sense of responsibility [3]. Choice for them is an important right, one exercised by other family members who declined a test. Their narratives however, illustrate three moral imperatives that transform choice into responsibility; they are: responsi...

Genetic Testing for Familial Breast Cancer—Ethical Questions Concerning Individual Rights and Social Responsibility

The provision of genetic tests for familial breast cancer can have several problematic consequences. In the first part of my presentation I will briefly summarise the aspects which are of ethical relevance. In the second part I will develop a framework of principles for ethical evaluation. In the third part I will discuss some of the major aspects, problems and questions which are within this e...