Entering the age of the new genetics with eyes wide open.
A concerted international effort currently is being made to localize human genes and to identify their role in specific diseases. This will enable physicians to test for a broader range of genetic characteristics and to manipulate human somatic and germ-line cells. With this new age of genetics comes a host of ethical issues and questions.
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University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, USA.
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