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Gene Therapy - Is It Ethically Acceptable?
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Gene Therapy Is It Ethically Acceptable? Introduction Gene therapy is a relatively new area of medicine that attempts to apply recent Genetic research has advanced in a dramatic fashion in the last decade or so, to the point where it has now become possible to attempt therapeutic genetic modification, in a few cases of human genes, where a defects exists which manifests itself in certain serious diseases. This possibility, known as gene therapy, is only in its infancy. At present, no one knows how effective it will prove to be, even in the few conditions on which it is being tried, whether it will only be of relatively limited application, or whether it will open up many wider possibilities. It suffers both over-optimistic claims from some quarters and exaggerated dangers from others, over which the church needs to be discerning. However various ethical and moral issues are implicit in the technology, which it...
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