title: Genetics and ethics: a possible and necessary dialogue.
abstract: Genetics and ethics have had numerous convergences and divergences over time. From Darwin through the Asilomar Conference and the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights, much has been achieved, but much still remains to be done. The use of biological materials that are already being stored and the adequacy of new technologies, such as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), are some of the current challenges of this possible and necessary interaction. This paper will discuss some ethical aspects involved in current genetics.
authors.affiliation: Bioethics Research Laboratory, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Medical School Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul; and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Lab 12213, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 2350, 90035-903, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, jrgoldim@gmail.com.
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Goldim