It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness … it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair … we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.—Charles DickensThe Human Genome Project (HGP) provides information about the human genome that will forever alter society and the way we view ourselves. The genetic age offers great potential, including a future where gene and germ-cell therapy may virtually eliminate genetic disease. However, genetic information may also result in a world characterized by genetic discrimination and genetic determinism. Although genetic information will be used to develop revolutionary treatments, such as gene therapy and other molecular medicine, it will also bring genetic discrimination and heretofore unrealized invasions into the privacy of our genetic codes.

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第105届国会提出的遗传歧视立法分析

那是最好的时代，那是最坏的时代，那是智慧的时代，那是愚蠢的时代……那是希望的春天，那是绝望的冬天……我们都直奔天堂，我们都直接走另一条路。-查尔斯·狄更斯人类基因组计划 (HGP) 提供有关人类基因组的信息，这些信息将永远改变社会和我们看待自己的方式。基因时代提供了巨大的潜力，包括未来基因和生殖细胞疗法可能实际上消除遗传疾病。然而，遗传信息也可能导致以遗传歧视和遗传决定论为特征的世界。尽管遗传信息将被用于开发革命性的治疗方法，例如基因疗法和其他分子医学，但它也会带来遗传歧视和迄今为止未实现的对我们遗传密码隐私的侵犯。