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PERSONAL GENOMES: NO BAD NEWS?

  1. RUTH CHADWICK*

Article first published online: 22 DEC 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2010.01879.x

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Bioethics

Bioethics

Special Issue: 25th Anniversary Issue

Volume 25, Issue 2, pages 62–65, February 2011

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CHADWICK, R. (2011), PERSONAL GENOMES: NO BAD NEWS?. Bioethics, 25: 62–65. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2010.01879.x

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  1. Cesagen, 6 Museum Place, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

*Prof. Ruth Chadwick, Director, Cesagen, 6 Museum Place, Cardiff University, CARDIFF CF10 3BG, Wales, UK. Email: ChadwickR1@cardiff.ac.uk

  1. Conflict of interest statement: No conflicts declared

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  1. Issue published online: 22 DEC 2010
  2. Article first published online: 22 DEC 2010

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Keywords:

  • Human Genome Project;
  • personalization;
  • genetic determinism;
  • privacy

ABSTRACT

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.

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