Ethical issues raised by new genomic technologies: the case study of newborn genome screening

Journal article

' (Genomics England, 2021). This is a laudable aim, but the path from obtaining genome sequences to enabling better outcomes will not be straightforward and illustrates many of the ethical challenges raised by the use of new genomic technologies. We focus particularly on the challenge of determining 'results' from the analysis of a genetic code, against a backdrop of promotional public discourses which tend to amplify best case scenarios from genome sequencing while minimising its potential to generate uncertainty.

Authors: Horton, R; Lucassen, A

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Journal: Cambridge Prisms Precision Medicine
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 1-16
• Publication date: 2022-10-06
• DOI: 10.1017/pcm.2022.2
• ISSN: 2752-6143
• Language: English
• Keywords: Computer science; Biology; Population; Gene; Genomics; Genetics; Genome; Environmental health; Biobank; Medicine; Data science