ethical issues in molecular medicine and gene therapy

... accomplish 334 ETHICAL ISSUES IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND GENE THERAPY positive germline genetic engineering. With these distinctions in mind we can raise some additional ethics issues regarding gene therapy ... arise. INTRODUCTION In this chapter we will be examining a number of ethical issues related to molecular medicine and gene therapy. In the first...

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... 19 CHAPTER 1 Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy: An Introduction THOMAS F. KRESINA, PH.D. and ANDREA D. BRANCH, PH.D. INTRODUCTION The use of genetics and genetic manipulation by humans for the therapy ... of molecular biology and genetics. As these procedures become routine, they enter the domain of the molecular pathologist and the realm of clinical laboratory medi...

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... stimulating debate. 15 7Ethical issues in embryo interventions and cloning All these ‘micoethical’ issues should also be seen in the larger ‘macroethi- cal’ context, including issues of social justice ... J., Kind, A.J. and Campbell, K.H.S. (1997). Viable oVspring derived from fetal and adult mammalian cells. Nature 385: 810–13. 15 9Ethical issues in embryo interventions...

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... development of practice guidelines for health care researchers and practitioners specializing in genetic screening, testing, diag- nosis, counselling and therapy; and, even more importantly, (2) ... history in which being an obese woman is penalized economically and emotionally, and being a thin woman is re- warded. Rather than welcoming and encouraging diversity and change,...

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... Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. Sherr, L. (1999). Counselling and HIV testing: ethical dilemmas. In HIV and AIDS, Testing, Screening and ConWdentiality, ed. R. Bennett and C.A. Erin, 39–60. Oxford: Oxford ... zidovudine treat- ment. New England Journal of Medicine 331: 1173–80. Corbitt, G. (1999). HIV testing and screening. Current practicalities and future possibilities. In...

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... question, influences on the funding of some research projects (and not others), influences on the outcome of research (i.e., findings), and influences on the dissemination of research findings? ... Module 7: Ethical Issues in Environmental and Occupational Health 186 Case Study 4: Part 3 In arguing that worker health is not improving, Herbert and Landrigan make a number of...

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... statutory licensing and regulating bodies, including the Independent Television Commission, the Radio Authority, the Broadcasting Complaints Commission and the Broadcasting Standards Council. ... accepts the internal goals and values of journalism. Thus, in defining a free press as one in which editorial independence is maintained, one is not appealing to property rights but to...

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