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Nature Reviews Genetics 5, 311-315 (April 2004) | doi:10.1038/nrg1320
Science and society: Shaping science policy in the age of genomics
Richard R. Sharp1, Michael A. Yudell2 & Samuel H. Wilson3 About the authors
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Abstract
The potential of genomic technologies for improving the diagnosis and treatment of many human diseases will not be fully realized until several ethical, legal and social issues are addressed by effective science policy. We believe that more widespread public debate and subsequent policy action are urgently required. Here, we discuss several mechanisms by which this might occur. We propose an independent genome policy organization as an additional approach to promoting informed science policy in the age of genomics.
Author affiliations
- Richard Sharp is at the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
- Micheal Yudell is at the Center for the History and Ethics of Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, 722 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Samuel Wilson is at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 22709-2233, USA.
Email: may16@columbia.edu
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