Hostname: page-component-586b7cd67f-tf8b9 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-28T23:14:43.686Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Human Genome Project: Social Policy Research Priorities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2016

George J. Annas  and
Sherman Elias
George J. Annas
Affiliation:
Boston University, USA
Sherman Elias
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee, USA
Get access

Abstract

Will the Human Genome Project'S (HGP) social policy research program function as an “enhancer” and “promoter” for the entire “sequence,” or will it result in missense and nonsense mutations? The jury, of course, is still out, but we believe it is more properly viewed as a key promoter that is integral to the proper functioning of the HGP itself.

Type
Commentary
Information
Politics and the Life Sciences , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , August 1992 , pp. 245 - 249
Copyright
Copyright © Association for Politics and the Life Sciences 

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Annas, G.J.(1989). “Who's Afraid of the Human Genome?” Hastings Center Report 19(4):19–21.Google Scholar
Annas, G.J.(1990). “Mapping the Human Genome and the Meaning of Monster Mythology.” Emory Law Journal 39:629–664.Google Scholar
Annas, G.J.and Elias, S., eds. (forthcoming, 1992). Gene Mapping: Using Law and Ethics as Guides. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Ciba Foundation Symposium 149 (1990). Human Genetic Information: Science, Law and Ethics. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.Google Scholar
Elias, S.and Annas, G.J.(1987). Reproductive Genetics and the Law. Chicago: Year Book Medical Publishers.Google Scholar
Elias, S., Annas, G.J., and Simpson, J.L.(1991). “Carrier Screening for Cystic Fibrosis: Implications for Obstetric and Gynecologic Practice.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 164:1077–1083.Google Scholar
National Institutes of Health (1990). N.I.H. Guide 19:12–15.Google Scholar
National Research Council (1988). Mapping and Sequencing the Human Genome. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.Google Scholar
Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress (1988). Mapping Our Genes: Genome Projects: How Big, How Fast? Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.Google Scholar
President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (1983). Screening and Counseling for Genetic Conditions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.Google Scholar
Privacy Protection Study Commission (1977). Personal Privacy in an Information Society. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.Google Scholar