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Regulating the genetic revolution
1Faculties of Law and Medicine, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. tcaulfld@law.ualberta.ca
Molecular Medicine Today
|May 14, 1999
Abstract:
The rapid pace of scientific breakthroughs that are flowing from genetic research seem to be matched only by the intensifying perception that some form of social control is required. As exemplified by the call to 'regulatory action' that was elicited by the prospect of human cloning, increased formal government oversight of human genetic research appears to be inevitable. Although there are certainly many valid social and ethical concerns worthy of a regulatory response, legislating genetic policy will not be easy.