Vol , Issue Date of Publication: January 01, 2002

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The Human Genome Sequence: a dilemma or an opportunity?

S K Bhattacharjee
Abstract:
Many fears were expressed in the media when the first reproductive human cloning was announced. While this has sparked off informed debate in the western scientific community, in India, both the medical and the scientific community at large appear to be unconcerned. However, we must be ready for paradigm shifts in the healthcare system following from the insights into DNA sequences of human and other life forms, and the associated technologies that will emerge.


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