The ethics of biological research, and its general impact, are hotly debated in the West. Japanese silence on the issues is counterproductive. Will the Human Genome Project provide the catalyst for change?
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Macer, D. The 'far east' of biological ethics. Nature 359, 770 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1038/359770a0
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