Numerous telephone messages were left unreturned. Aaron Rosenfield, a fourth-year student at UCSC, is an Economics and Biology major, and plans to enter the biotechnology industry after graduation. At DOE we selected privacy issues, education activities, and research on complex traits to focus our efforts. Although the implications of this technology are almost totally unpredictable, speculation at this time has boosted the biotechnology industry as the next Wall Street giant. Optimism about the benefits has inspired a race to commercialize the human genetic code.
Corporations already have plans for future sale.
It seems that no corner of society will be left unaffected by the research. Future generations of biologists and scientists will be provided with detailed DNA information that will be key to future research and discoveries. Understanding of genetic disorders will lead to a revolution in medicine and prevention. Concerns about privacy and discrimination will be brought up as health insurance companies and employers decide how to use this information. And the criminal and judicial system will have to be prepared as debate over anti-discrimination and privacy laws role into the courtroom.