Huntington disease and the abuse of genetics

Huntington disease, one of the longest established and most serious human genetic disorders, has been the subject of considerable abuse during the present century in relation to the application of genetic knowledge, most notably in Nazi Germany but also in other countries. This disorder provides a v...

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Published inAmerican journal of human genetics Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 460 - 464
Main Author HARPER, P. S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, IL University of Chicago Press 01.03.1992
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases
Eugenics - history
Eugenics - legislation & jurisprudence
Germany
History, 20th Century
Human Rights
Humans
Huntington Disease - genetics
Huntington Disease - history
Internationality
Medical sciences
National Socialism
Neurology
Professional Misconduct
Sterilization, Reproductive - history
United States
United States
Germany
Human
Nervous system diseases
Scientific research
Huntington disease
Critical study
Genetics
Degenerative disease
Genetic disease
Genetics and Reproduction
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Summary:Huntington disease, one of the longest established and most serious human genetic disorders, has been the subject of considerable abuse during the present century in relation to the application of genetic knowledge, most notably in Nazi Germany but also in other countries. This disorder provides a valuable example of how abuses in the past need to be recognized and confronted, if we are to avoid their recurrence in relation to new molecular and computing techniques in genetics.
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ISSN:0002-9297
1537-6605