In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks – genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lifestyle or genealogy – have been set up in order to study the interface between disease, and genetic and environmental factors. Unsurprisingly, these studies have sparked a good deal of controversy and the ethical and social implications have been widely debated.
- ISBN: 978-0-415-42738-8
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 234
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés