It will be similar for the Human Genome Project. There has been a lot of involuntary sterilization of the mentally ill and prisoners. It's a hideous history in this country. We need to remember what we're talking about here is applying information. One of the good things that's happened in this country, although it's wobbly in places, is that any research that is subsidized by the federal government has to go through an ethical review.
Most universities do that too.
But when you use a private lab, that system doesn't apply. Some private companies have set up an ethics committee to review their work before it is done. But these are private consultants and they are putting in an enormous amount of time on a very complicated thing, and they should be paid. At least the company is putting it out for review. Scientists can look at these things and think about some of the applications.