GEOG 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Human Genome Project, Bioprospecting, Pharmacogenomics
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Humans have a shared inheritance of the same basic genetic code. Advances in genomics, pharmacogenomics, and genetically target therapies promise a new era of global medicine: research into new seed hybrids and genetically modified foods. President clinton->public and private research teams must publish. Access to health benefits of the new genomic knowledge remains far more limited. Global mismatch between focus on individualized risk management and ability of individuals to pay and participate. Open up possibility to change genome sequence for someone with inherited risk factors, makes possible to target. World of biological citizenship and impoverished others are tied tightly together, even as they create radically different health outcomes. Presents another picture of interdependency with asymmetry. Four sorts of interconnected global ties and sub-citizenship need to be considered. Experimental subjects in poor communities for testing of drugs. Ties of drug development to treat more privileged citizens.
