PHIL 1165 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fly-Killing Device, Dna Extraction, Brca1
10 Nov 2016
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Moral and social problems in healthcare: ethical issues in genomic research as intellectual property a. 1970"s : dna was the most complex molecule to analyze. Currently : dna is the easiest molecule to analyze. Human genome project: producing 1000 nucleotides/day, enormous impact on biology : only know about 50, human genome project i. 1: create drugs based on molecular information, microbial genomics, rapidly detect and treat pathogens in clinical practice, protect citizenry from biological and chemical warfare, gene patents i. ii. Isolated dna - are the ones being studied the same as the ones that occur naturally in the body: assessments for molecular pathology vs myriad. Declaratory judgement case i: myriad claimed and prevented other facilities to use a test they discovered and went on to patents. Court deemed the myriad patents invalid iii: granted the product was naturally occurring, patenting and copyrighting genes is ethical i. Sung: relatively recent in historical terms, addressed in the constitution.
