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Evidence-based management of nutrigenomics expectations and ELSIs
Vural Ozdemir1, Béatrice Godard
1Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Bioethics Programs, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada.
Nutrigenomics, the study of diet-gene interactions, presents unique ethical challenges. Research must address these ethical-legal-social issues (ELSIs) alongside scientific advancements for responsible innovation.
Area of Science:
- Genomics and Personalized Nutrition
- Bioethics and Sociotechnical Studies
Background:
- Nutrigenomics investigates how diet affects genes and vice versa, aiming for personalized health interventions.
- It builds upon pharmacogenomics but has unique ethical considerations.
- Existing research has overlooked the specific ethical-legal-social issues (ELSIs) of nutrigenomics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the unique ethical-legal-social issues (ELSIs) in nutrigenomics research.
- To emphasize the need for parallel progress in ELSI research and nutrigenomics bioscience.
- To propose qualitative methods for exploring complex bioethics issues in nutrigenomics.
Main Methods:
- Review of existing ethical-legal-social issues (ELSIs) in genomics applications.
- Identification of unique ELSIs specific to nutrigenomics, particularly in public health and predisease states.
- Proposal for using qualitative, hypothesis-free research methods to investigate these bioethics issues.
Main Results:
- Nutrigenomics shares some ELSIs with other genomics fields (e.g., privacy, insurance).
- Unique ELSIs arise from nutrigenomics' focus on healthy individuals and predisease states.
- Ethical considerations vary across nutrigenomics research stages (discovery, translation, clinical testing).
Conclusions:
- Ethical-legal-social issues (ELSIs) in nutrigenomics require dedicated attention.
- Qualitative research is valuable for understanding complex bioethics challenges in nutrigenomics.
- Parallel development of bioscience and ELSI research is crucial for responsible nutrigenomics.
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