What's so special about the human genome?

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  • A L Caplan
چکیده

Glenn McGee argues that the time is now for debating the morality of patenting human genes. In one sense he is surely right. While thousands of patents have been issued or are pending on many gene sequences, public policy with respect to ownership of the human genome is still far from settled. So a debate about the ethics of patenting genes is, if nothing else, timely. In another sense however, Professor McGee is wrong.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal of healthcare ethics committees

دوره 7 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1998