Abstract

AVILA, Rodolfo E.; SAMAR, María Elena; DIAZ-BELTRAN, Leticia  and  ESTEBAN, Francisco J.. GENOMIC MEDICINE. ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN GENOME. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2011, vol.11, n.2, pp.18-21. ISSN 1657-4702.

Genomic Medicine and its different forms of application (personalized or individualized medicine, which are part of pharmacogenomics, toxicogenomics and nutrigenomics, and predictive, regenerative placement, molecular and reproductive medicine), without a doubt have transformed the modern cine and are a new paradigm. This article aims to review the various forms of genomic medicine, since its benefits to human health and substantial changes in the approach to health-disease process, as well as the problems and paradoxes associated to be addressed from bioethics and Law.

Keywords : Genomic; Medicine; Ethics; Human Genome.

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