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Social and psychological issues associated with the new genetics

Published:1997-08-29 Issue:1357 Volume:352 Page:1095-1101
ISSN:0962-8436
Container-title:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
language:en
Short-container-title:Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B

Author:

Macintyre Sally¹

Affiliation:

1. MRC Medical Sociology Unit6 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZUK

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.

Publisher

The Royal Society

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Link

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1997.0090

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