Genetic Privacy Can We or Term Paper

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" This category of identifiers, is however, weak. There are apparently a list of indicators such as name and address that have to be removed from the database in order to use the DNA evidence without notifying the person. When these markers are removed, the evidence is considered public. Yet there are potentials for those markers to resurface and privacy can never be ensured. Even though Angrist is in favor of a public pool of DNA evidence for the lofty goals of science, he agrees, "de-identification is increasingly difficult." It is becoming hard to disconnect names, dates, and places from the hemoglobin and RNA. Science appreciates access to DNA because it can link certain traits with others and thereby advance scientific knowledge.

Although it is important to protect a person's privacy regarding DNA, it is too difficult to do so given the rampant greed in the biomedical industry and the collusion of government in protecting that industry.
Similarly, it is too difficult to stem the dissemination of DNA evidence and data across national boundaries. All the information is digital, and can fall into the wrong hands. The next generation North Korean army might be populated by clones, manufactured using DNA databases. The potential problems are frightening, but there is little that can be done to stop it from happening. Furthermore, there are many interested parties in law enforcement and medical research who are salivating at the prospect of using DNA at their will, and legislators are more likely to bow down to them than to the ACLU or a similar organization that has the rights of individuals in mind......

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