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1、COMMENTARYForensicgeneticsandethical,legalandsocialimplicationsbeyondtheclinicMildredKCho1&PamelaSankar2Dataonhumangeneticvariationhelpscientiststounderstandhumanorigins,susceptibilitytoillnessandgeneticcausesofdisease.Destructiveepisodesinthehistoryofgeneticresearchm
2、akeitcrucialtoconsidertheethicalandsocialimplicationsofresearchingenomics,especiallyhumangeneticvariation.Theanalysisofethical,legalandsocialimplicationsshouldbeintegratedintogeneticresearch,withtheparticipationofscientistswhocanhttp://www.nature.com/naturegeneticsant
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7、eivedto‘slow’theresearch©2004NaturePublishingGroup1(NHGRI)recentlyproposedthenextstageintheology,andpublicpolicy”ratherthanwhileissuessuchasinformedconsent,com-thisworktocarryforwardandexpandtheseemergingwithandfromthescience.Thus,munityconsultationandbenefitswereiron
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