Data bases are connected and available to view on the internet. Through this open policy of free data, the HGP has helped facilitate the research of private companies. Aided by a variety of high performance computing technology needed to make sense of the vast amount of information, bioinformatics, a new field of research utilizing computers has made the HGP possible . Current Canadian food and drug regulations do not address the issues of gene therapy. The best way to ensure public safety would be to have free access to cross referenced research data, and laws that respect patent information, but enforce proper trial reporting to the FDA, ensuring the safe testing of all new therapys on patients.
Genetic research is controversial.
There are ethical,safety and confidentiality issues to be addressed. Unwanted embryos created for in-vitro fertilization will comprise the majority of human embryos used in this research. New regulations in the UK on stem cell research have opened up to allow research using human embryos, and recent changes to UK law has created, expectedly, a hotbed of moral and ethical issues. Religious and anti-abortion groups oppose the experimentation and destruction of human embryos. Although one countries laws forbid cloning, internation laws have not reached a consensus on the debate.