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| Gene
Therapy |
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| As
our knowledge of the human body and its functioning has increased,
we can now envisage treating patients at a genetic level |
| Privacy |
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| The
Genetic Privacy Act is a proposal for federal legislation.
The Act is based on the premise that genetic information requires
special protection. |
| Cloning |
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creation of Dolly represented a further step in the development
of nuclear replacement technology. |
Genetic research has
advanced in a dramatic fashion in the last decade or so, to the
point where it has now become possible to attempt therapeutic
genetic modification, in a few cases of human genes, where a defects
exists which manifests itself in certain serious diseases.
It is, of
course, not possible to assert exactly where the possibilities
opened up by today's technology will lead in terms of future developments,
but various ethical and moral issues are implicit in the technology
which it is important to draw toSociety's attention, so that it
is educated in an area where developments have been taking place
at a bewildering pace.
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