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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: 

  • On whether bioinformatics data should be included in medical records,

  • the misuse of sequence data or electronic health records,

  • who has the right to view and access personal genetic data,

  • if anybody own pieces of our genome through patents, copyrights, etc,

  • how do we best organize the data,

  • and will there be copyright issues with the discoveries of new algorithms or technology.

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