Some Uncomfortable Ethical Dilemmas
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This book has discussed the scientific aspects of DNA, physically, chemically, and biologically, and then the applications of knowledge of how DNA works. This chapter covers nonscientific considerations of the use (and abuse) of our knowledge of DNA and genetics. Scientific information can provide the foundation of public policy involving scientific issues, but scientific information alone does not lead to sound policies. Ethics and socioeconomic and political realities also form an integral part of healthy discussion and debates surrounding the limits to human applications of technologies. This chapter discusses some ethical issues raised by various applications of our knowledge of DNA.
2017 ◽
Vol 7
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pp. 96-118
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2014 ◽
Vol 5
(2)
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pp. 44-48
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2021 ◽
Vol 18
(19)
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pp. 10030
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