Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Genomic and stem cell policy issues: more alike than different? | Majumder Genome Medicine 2011 3 35 http content 3 6 35 w Genome Medicine MUSINGS L__ Genomic and stem cell policy issues more alike than different Mary A Majumder In a comparison of policy issues related to genomics and stem cells initially the differences seem to occupy the foreground. After all no one is seeking to criminalize the conduct of genomic research whereas researchers working with human embryonic stem cells face the prospect of criminal penalties in certain jurisdictions. And in the USA a polarized political climate and twists and turns in litigation centering on a statutory provision that prohibits federal funding of research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed 1 have heightened a sense of insecurity in the stem cell field 2 . However stem cell policy concerns have always extended beyond the embryo. Furthermore with the expansion of work using human induced pluripotent stem cells created without embryo destruction it is becoming increasingly likely that policy discussion around stem cells and genomics will converge in significant respects. I would suggest that five areas of concern are salient to both fields 1 communication 2 consent 3 consultation 4 commercialization and 5 clinical integration. Communication Significant sums of public money have been and are being invested in genomic and stem cell research. Perhaps most attention-grabbing in the USA have been the Human Genome Project and the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative 10 years of funding approved by ballot in 2004 each with a price tag of approximately 3 billion. Given a perception that members of the public are motivated less by a thirst for fundamental knowledge than a desire for cures for diseases enthusiasts have not always been modest in their assessments of the scope or speed of progress to be expected on the clinical front 3 . Yet this communication strategy successful in building public support in the short term has the potential to
