GENE THERAPY: ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Robert M. Sade, M.D. and George Khushf, Ph.D.
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 1998
Description
Many diseases are genetically determined; for example, Huntington’s disease and cystic fibrosis (CF). Others are influenced by genes, but involve additional factors as well; for example, cancer and diabetes mellitus. Recent scientific developments make it possible for medicine to target such genetically related diseases at the molecular level, and thus offer the prospects of effective new therapies. The genes of somatic cells can be manipulated to modify a disease in an individual. If genes in germ cells are modified, a genetic disease may be prevented in progeny as well. In this essay, we will consider some of the scientific, social, and ethical issues associated with such genetic therapies. A related but separate controversy, manipulating genes to modify normal traits, or genetic enhancement, will be examined in accompanying papers.
Please cite as: Sade RM, Khushf G. Gene therapy: ethical and social issues. J So Carolina MedAssoc 1998;94(9):406-410
