Social and psychological issues associated with the new genetics
Open Access
- 29 August 1997
- journal article
- review article
- Published by The Royal Society in Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences
- Vol. 352 (1357) , 1095-1101
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1997.0090
Abstract
This paper discusses two prevailing views— optimistic and pessimistic— about the potential benefits and risks arising from developments in human genetics, and argues that we do not yet have enough evidence to assess which elements (if any) of either view are likely to be correct.Keywords
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