Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1320 g
Reihe: Philosophy and Medicine
The Moral Responsibility of Geneticists for the Consequences of Human Genetics Research
Buch, Englisch, 276 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1320 g
Reihe: Philosophy and Medicine
ISBN: 978-1-4020-0201-4
Verlag: Springer
MORAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT The Human Genome Project (HGP) is now almost completed. A draft of the full DNA sequence of the human genome has recently been published (lnt. Hum. Gen. Seq. Cons., 2001; Venter et al., 2001). The project started in 1990 and was planned to be completed fifteen years later. lt is now clearly ahead of schedule. But even when the project is completed much work remains-the analysis of the function of the 30-40,000 genes in the human genome is beyond the scope of the project and willlast for decades. However, even before the HGP started, it was rather controversial from an ethical point of view; not so much because of the sequencing work as such, but because of its anticipated consequences. The results of the project might be used, for example, in developing genetic tests, genetically tailor-made drugs, and gene therapies. Some people fear that genetic testing may lead to discrimination in insurance and at the workplace. Some view the pharmaceutical companies' research on genetically tailor-made drugs as an unacceptable commercialization of science. Some anticipate that the development of gene therapy will give rise to a society in which parents want to design perfect babies with genetic enhancement techniques.
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Research
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Fachgebiete
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
Weitere Infos & Material
1. Moral Responsibility and Moral Imagination.- 2. Moral Responsibility in Science.- 3. The Human Genome Project: Justification, Promotion, and Access to Results.- 4. Gene Hunting, Genetic Testing, and Genetically Tailor-Made Drugs.- 5. Genetic Modification of Humans and Laboratory Animals.- 6. Eugenics and the Long Term Goals of Reprogenetic Medicine.
