Genetics 5th Edition by Leland Hartwell ,Michael Goldberg,Janice Fischer ,Leroy Hood,Charles Aquadro

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Genetics 5th Edition by Leland Hartwell ,Michael Goldberg,Janice Fischer ,Leroy Hood,Charles Aquadro

النسخة 5الرقم المعياري الدولي: 978-0073525310

Genetics 5th Edition by Leland Hartwell ,Michael Goldberg,Janice Fischer ,Leroy Hood,Charles Aquadro

النسخة 5الرقم المعياري الدولي: 978-0073525310

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Discuss the social issues that arise from the availability of personal genome sequences.

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Every individual carries its unique set of genetic information coded by almost 25000 genes. To know about your genetic sequences are very useful in determining various genes that can become cause of many types of diseases. The benefits of sequencing dominate in the medical arena as a potential technique in providing new therapies for treating diseases.It is always useful to know increased risk of disease so that one should take preventive measures. It may help in making new connections between people with similar kind of health conditions so that they can discuss common experience, precautions and treatment procedures.Every benefit comes with harm such as some involving social issues. First of all personal genome sequencing will definitely impact ones privacy. Secondly the genetic information will obviously be used for social cause but still it is very likely to be misused.
When one's personal genetic profile will be made public everyone will be aware of individuals race, structure and susceptibility to genetic diseases, they may lead to social discrimination. Knowing a person genic sequence can also increases crime as one could plant synthetic DNA at site of crime.