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Elsevier, Applied and Translational Genomics, (5), p. 18-22, 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.atg.2015.05.002

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Neurogenethics: An emerging discipline at the intersection of ethics, neuroscience, and genomics

Journal article published in 2015 by Turhan Canli
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

The analysis of ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) associated with genetics (“genethics”) has focused on traditional concerns in bioethics, such as privacy and informed consent. The analysis of ELSI associated with neuroscience (“neuroethics”) has focused on issues related to personhood etc. With neurogenomics coming of age, this is an appropriate time to attend to the set of novel concerns that arises when we consider the confluence of these two lines of research. I call this area of ethics inquiry “neurogenethics”, map out the problem space, and highlight future areas of inquiry related to genome editing and gene therapy, optogenetics and memory manipulation, and genomic identity and online communities.