Regulation and use of human genetic information : let the owner beware?

• Main Author: Phua, Aaron Mian Ti.
• Other Authors: Schoenbach Christian Dieter
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/18891
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Every person has the right to privacy and has to be protected against genetic discrimination. With the increase in the use of genetic tests for research and medicine, there is a need to develop a system to safeguard sensitive human genetic information. This is complicated by consumers getting direct...