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Bioinformatics

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the issues of bioinformatics

ethical and social issues
While the world of bioinformatics is rapidly rising, there are still issues concerning:
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On whether bioinformatics data should be included in medical records, 
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the misuse of sequence data or electronic health records, 
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who has the right to view and access personal genetic data, 
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if anybody own pieces of our genome through patents, copyrights, etc, 
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how do we best organize the data, 
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and will there be copyright issues with the discoveries of new algorithms or technology. 

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