Personal genomes: no bad news?

Ruth Chadwick (1)

1 ESRC Centre for the Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics (CESAGen)

Issues in genetics and genomics have been centre stage in Bioethics for much of its history, and have given rise to both negative and positive imagined futures. Ten years after the completion of the Human Genome Project, it is a good time to assess developments. The promise of whole genome sequencing of individuals requires reflection on personalisation, genetic determinism, and privacy.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Ruth Chadwick. Personal genomes: no bad news?. Bioethics, 2010, 25 (2), pp.62. ⟨10.1111/j.1467-8519.2010.01879.x⟩. ⟨hal-00613798⟩