title: The commercialization of human genetic information and related circumstances within Turkish law.
abstract: Today, human genetic information is used for commercial purposes as well. This means, based on the case, the direct or indirect commercialization of genetic information. In this study, this specific issue is analyzed in light of the new legal regulations as to the subject in the Turkish Law. Specifically, this study focuses on the issue of whether the commercialization of genetic information is allowed under the Turkish Law. This study also attempts to clarify the issue of whether there is any limitations for the commercialization of genetic information in the Turkish Law provided that the commercialization of genetic information is permitted. Prior to this legal analysis, the problems of the legal ownership for genetic information and of whether genetic information should be considered as an organ of human body is discussed. Accordingly, relevant Turkish laws and regulations are individually analyzed within this context. In the mean time legal regulations of some countries in this respect are taken into account with a comparative approach. In the end a general evaluation and suggestions are provided to the reader.
authors.affiliation: Commercial Law Department, Istanbul Sehir University, Istanbul Sehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tekin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Memiş
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D030661:Genetic Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014421:Turkey