The importance of protecting privacy of medical records is not new, but protecting genetic privacy has its own set of issues. This chapter concludes that the families, in particular, may hold unrealistic hope for gene therapy as a cure for a genetic condition....
Human Gene Therapy: Ethics and Public Policy The time has now come to begin a formal public process for the ethical assessment of germ-line genetic intervention.doi:10.1089/hum.1991.2.2-115Walters... Walters,Leroy - 《Human Gene Therapy》 被引量: 63发表: 1991年 Ethical issues in early-inte...
Human gene therapy: scientific and ethical considerations. The term "gene therapy" encompasses at least four types of application of genetic engineering for the insertion of genes into humans. The scientific requir... WF Anderson - 《Recomb Dna Tech Bull》 被引量: 136发表: 1985年 Human Gene ...
Ethical Considerations of Genetic Research, Therapy & Technology 9:19 Next Lesson What Is Huntington's Disease? - Symptoms, Genetic Cause & Treatment Ethical Issues Related to Huntington's Disease Ch 4.Reproductive Issues & Ethics Ch 5.End-of-Life Issues & Ethics ...
Explores the unique ethical issues raised by spectacular recent advances in molecular genetics, including progress in mapping the human genome, the introduction of new tools for prenatal screening and for the detection of genetic defects in asymptomatic persons, and the development of experimental therap...
for newborn screening panels from identifying condi- tions that require immediate attention in order to avoid morbidity and mortality ("public health emergencies") to identifying condi- tions that do not require immediate therapy or for which therapy is not well established ("public health service"...
In this article, we review the recent literature and discuss in detail ethical issues pertaining to the application of this technology to five areas; human embryo research, organoid research, the prospect of genetically modified babies, mitochondrial replacement therapy and the creation of chimeric ...
Patenting should be discouraged, (3) Gene therapy: The identification of a disease-specific gene should not be granted a product patent, but rather encourage the invention of safe and effective methods of gene delivery, and (4) Therapeutic proteins: Not the DNA sequence as such, but the ...
Mankind is at the edge of a new frontier in genetic medicine and gene therapy and how man advances into this field greatly dep ends on his ethics, morals, and the general acceptance of this new found knowledge. At the heart of the subject lies the controversy over genetic screening. Many ...
Genetically engineered sheep with the human gene responsible for the production of alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) transferred into their DNA. When the AAT is eventually extracted from their milk, it will be used as therapy for humans deficient in AAT. The deficiency causes emphysema (a breathing disor...