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Science 21 April 2006:
Vol. 312. no. 5772, pp. 370 - 371
DOI: 10.1126/science.1125339
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Policy Forum

GENETICS:
No Longer De-Identified

Amy L. McGuire1* and Richard A. Gibbs2

Sequencing human DNA to discover genetic variation should be governed by existing regulations for human subjects.

1Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, 2Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Suite 310D, Houston, TX 77030, USA. *Author for correspondence. E-mail: amcguire{at}bcm.edu

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