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In this article I argue that the proper subjects of intangible property claims include medical records, genetic profiles, and gene enhancement techniques. ... To Print: Click your browser's PRINT button. ... I argue that the threshold for overriding privacy rights and intangible property rights is higher, in relation to...
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On the contrary, says Hoover Institution research fellow Henry I. Miller: Gene therapy for enhancement is no different on a scientific, legal and ethical basis from plastic surgery, liposuction or the use of drugs to suppress appetite or age spots.
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Genetic enhancement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genetic enhancement refers to the use of genetic engineering to modify a person's nonpathological human traits. In contrast, gene therapy involves using genetic engineering to alter defective genes o...
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But as with steroid use and "blood doping," gene enhancement would undercut the Olympic spirit of earning rewards through hard work and training, said Case Western Reserve University ethicist Eric Juengst. Others note that one person's cosmetic concern is another person's medical problem.
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In the past decade, gene therapy – inserting a snippet of DNA into cells to compensate for a missing or malfunctioning gene – has emerged as a promising treatment for conditions like muscular dystrophy and hemophilia. ... The Science of Human Enhancement...
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GENE ENHANCEMEN ... McIvor oversees the University of Minnesota's program in gene therapy, in which researchers inject healthy new genes into patients in an attempt to treat genetic diseases. The doctor knew that genes affecting skin pigmentation had already been identified, and he had a pa- tient who wanted to change...
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The c-Jun transactivation domain is not required for enhancement of C/EBP -induced activation of the TNF gene. Deletion mutants were used to identify the regions of c-Jun responsible for the synergistic activation of the TNF promoter.
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