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KMID : 1142820170010010079
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Bio, Ethics and Policy
2017 Volume.1 No. 1 p.79 ~ p.108
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A Study of Arguments for Moral Legitimacy in the development of medical genetics : Focused on Human Stem Sell Research, Human Genome Editing, Human Genome Synthesis Project
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Jeong Chang-Rok
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Abstract
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The study critically reviews and examines the pros and cons of the Human Genome Synthesis Project or HGP2 over its moral issue. Before beginning the discussion, it presents the existing moral controversy over the genetic engineering technology on human genome, focusing the cases of human embryos research and DNA scissors technology. Then, it examines the first human genome project (HGP1) and the second one (HGP2). Professor George Church of the Harvard Medical School argues that the HGP2 he proposed with the aim to synthesize all human genome within a decade must succeed for medical development. Some criticizing his stance contends that they need an open debate to determine whether the project is necessary for human beings as the technology may lead to creation of a genetically engineered human and that the research should be done openly, not secretly. The paper critically reviews the two perspectives, proposing that the pro HGP2 stance has to set limits of research while anti HGP2 stance should not misunderstand research that meets ethical and scientific conditions.
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KEYWORD
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Biomedical ethics, Genetic medical ethics, Moral legitimacy, Human stem sell research, Human Genome Editing, Human Genome Synthesis Project
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