Using genetics for enhancement (liberal eugenics)
Abstract
The fascinating progress of genetics has led to great achievements in the modern, medical, and nonmedical sciences. Genetic engineering is used in many fields, among which human enhancement is one of the most controversial. Most bioethicists agree on the definition of human enhancement as a physical, cognitive, or moral improvement. Genetic enhancement refers to the introduction of the changes into a genome or epigenome intended to improve nonpathological human traits. It is expected that implementation of genetic enhancement will be reached through the discovery of markers in enhancement related genes, such as athletic performance- or aging-related genes, but also through the development of approaches characteristic for personalized medicine, such as gene enhancement, molecular-targeted enhancement, and cellular enhancement. However, we should be aware that genetic enhancement creates significant ethical and regulatory challenges. Prompt and thorough discussion between liberal eugenic...ists and bioconservatives is indispensable, because genetics is moving extremely fast toward human genetic enhancement.
Keywords:
Molecular-targeted enhancement / Liberal eugenics / Human enhancement / Genetic enhancement / Gene enhancement / Cellular enhancementSource:
Clinical Ethics at the Crossroads of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies, 2018, 335-366Publisher:
- Elsevier
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- Rare Diseases:Molecular Pathophysiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities and Social, Ethical and Legal Aspects (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-41004)
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Institut za molekularnu genetiku i genetičko inženjerstvoTY - CHAP AU - Pavlović, Sonja AU - Ugrin, Milena AU - Micić, S. AU - Gašić, Vladimir AU - Dimitrijević, J. AU - Barteczko, U. PY - 2018 UR - https://imagine.imgge.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1163 AB - The fascinating progress of genetics has led to great achievements in the modern, medical, and nonmedical sciences. Genetic engineering is used in many fields, among which human enhancement is one of the most controversial. Most bioethicists agree on the definition of human enhancement as a physical, cognitive, or moral improvement. Genetic enhancement refers to the introduction of the changes into a genome or epigenome intended to improve nonpathological human traits. It is expected that implementation of genetic enhancement will be reached through the discovery of markers in enhancement related genes, such as athletic performance- or aging-related genes, but also through the development of approaches characteristic for personalized medicine, such as gene enhancement, molecular-targeted enhancement, and cellular enhancement. However, we should be aware that genetic enhancement creates significant ethical and regulatory challenges. Prompt and thorough discussion between liberal eugenicists and bioconservatives is indispensable, because genetics is moving extremely fast toward human genetic enhancement. PB - Elsevier T2 - Clinical Ethics at the Crossroads of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies T1 - Using genetics for enhancement (liberal eugenics) EP - 366 SP - 335 DO - 10.1016/B978-0-12-813764-2.00015-5 ER -
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Pavlović, S., Ugrin, M., Micić, S., Gašić, V., Dimitrijević, J.,& Barteczko, U.. (2018). Using genetics for enhancement (liberal eugenics). in Clinical Ethics at the Crossroads of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies Elsevier., 335-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813764-2.00015-5
Pavlović S, Ugrin M, Micić S, Gašić V, Dimitrijević J, Barteczko U. Using genetics for enhancement (liberal eugenics). in Clinical Ethics at the Crossroads of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies. 2018;:335-366. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-813764-2.00015-5 .
Pavlović, Sonja, Ugrin, Milena, Micić, S., Gašić, Vladimir, Dimitrijević, J., Barteczko, U., "Using genetics for enhancement (liberal eugenics)" in Clinical Ethics at the Crossroads of Genetic and Reproductive Technologies (2018):335-366, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813764-2.00015-5 . .
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