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PERSONAL GENOMES: NO BAD NEWS?
Author(s) -
CHADWICK RUTH
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bioethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-8519
pISSN - 0269-9702
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2010.01879.x
Subject(s) - bioethics , personal genomics , genomics , genome , personalization , futures contract , genetics , human genome , personalized medicine , biology , data science , computer science , world wide web , gene , financial economics , economics
Issues in genetics and genomics have been centre stage in Bioethics for much of its history, and have given rise to both negative and positive imagined futures. Ten years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, it is a good time to assess developments. The promise of whole genome sequencing of individuals requires reflection on personalization, genetic determinism, and privacy.