FROM THE ARCHIVES: What we are actually witnessing in the genetic - TopicsExpress



          

FROM THE ARCHIVES: What we are actually witnessing in the genetic enclosure movement is the tragedy of the anti-commons, in which a monopoly is upheld against nonowners who could benefit from the resource. Even though we owe our radically enhanced life spans over the past hundred years to what I call “We Medicine”—public health measures such as vaccination and tuberculosis screening—many more column inches in scientific journals and popular publications are today being devoted to “Me Medicine,” personalized health care based on genetic profiling. Advocates of personalized medicine claim that health care isn’t individualized enough. What has happened to the communitarian vision behind the new biotechnology?
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:00:01 +0000

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