Genes, Society and The Future Volume III

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Genes, Society and the Future: Volume III is the final report for the current phase of the Human Genome Research Project. It investigates the potential use and regulation of human genome-based technologies in New Zealand, and includes in-depth ethical, legal and public policy consideration of the issues raised by the rapid advances in genetics.

More specifically, this report is divided into eight parts and contains the following;

• PART ONE Main Findings
  
• PART TWO Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: Slipping Through the Regulatory Net
  
• PART THREE The Impact of Patents on New Zealand Genetics Services and Research Sectors
  
• PART FOUR The Rakaipaaka Health and Ancestry Study: An Alternative Indigenous Response To Genetic Research
  
• PART FIVE Genetic Research on Stored Tissue Samples: An Examination on the Ethics and Policy Surrounding Future Use
  
• PART SIX Scientific Responsibility
  
• PART SEVEN Unzipping Our Genes for Insurers? Regulating the Use of Genetic Information in Insurance
  
• PART EIGHT Pharmacogenetics: A Review of the Ethical, Social and Policy Implications of ‘Personalised Medicine’

Genes, Society and the Future: Volume III will be of considerable interest to a range of community groups and professions, including lobby groups, law practitioners and academics, and many involved in various disciplines of the sciences.

Background

This final report will complete a 3-year multidisciplinary investigation into the issues around emerging human genetic technologies. Two reports have already been published. These considered matters such as pre-implantation genetic diagnosis of implant embryos, issues surrounding community genetics, and the need for a Maori ethical framework for research relating to Maori health.

To encourage wide-ranging analysis and reflection as much as possible, the Project has been designed to be interdisciplinary and international. In comparison with international initiatives in this area, this Project is unique in having such a full array of perspectives – all focusing on the same issues at the same time.

The Principal Investigator of the Project is Professor Mark Henaghan, Dean of the Law Faculty at the University of Otago. Brookers’ reputation as leading legal publishers, coupled with the close association we enjoy with the University’s Faculty of Law, were instrumental in our being approached to manage the publishing and production phases of this internationally-profiled series of reports

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