Report of the Committee on Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome (1988) / Chapter Skim
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IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIETY
IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIETY
Pages 91-94
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COMMERCIAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS Mapping and sequencing the human genome will result in new information and materials of potential commercial value, for example, clones that encode previously undiscovered hormones, growth factors, or mediators of immunity. The commercial value of these resources raises questions concerning possible copyright protection of the data and ownership of the intellectual property and materials generated by participants in the human genome project.
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. Interpreting the Medical Implications of Genetic Information Mapping and sequencing the human genome could provide a great deal of new knowledge about the genetic basis of human disease.
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. As the human genome project proceeds, the ongoing discussion of these practices, and the need for sound social policy about them, will only intensify.
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By making an increasingly wide range of screening tests available, however, the human genome project is likely to increase the frequency with which these questions arise and the need for settled professional and social approaches to them. Fortunately, in the development of social policy and professional ethics with regard to these questions, it is already possible to draw on the resources of a large literature base and lively public discussion (for example, see Milunsky and Annas, 1985)
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