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The Ghost in Our Genes: Legal and Ethical Implications of Epigenetics

Mark A. Rothstein
University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law; University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Yu Cai
Arizona State University

Gary E. Marchant
Arizona State University - College of Law



Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2009

Abstract:     
Epigenetics is one of the most scientifically important, and legally and ethically significant, cutting-edge subjects of scientific discovery. Epigenetics link environmental and genetic influences on the traits and characteristics of an individual, and new discoveries reveal that a large range of environmental, dietary, behavioral, and medical experiences can significantly affect the future development and health of an individual and their offspring. This article describes and analyzes the ethical and legal implications of these new scientific findings.

Keywords: Epigenetics, genetic, environmental

JEL Classifications: K32, I18

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Date posted: June 04, 2008 ; Last revised: October 01, 2009

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Rothstein, Mark A., Cai, Yu Cai and Marchant, Gary E., The Ghost in Our Genes: Legal and Ethical Implications of Epigenetics (February 3, 2009). Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2009. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1140443


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Gary E. Marchant (Contact Author)
Arizona State University - College of Law ( email )
Box 877906
Tempe, AZ 85287-7906
United States
(480) 965-3246 (Phone)
(480) 965-2427 (Fax)
Yu Cai
Arizona State University ( email )
Tempe, AZ 85287
United States
Mark A. Rothstein
University of Louisville - Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy, and Law ( email )
Louisville, KY 40202
United States
HOME PAGE: http://www.louisville.edu/medschool/ibhpl/faculty/rothstein.html
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law ( email )
Wilson W. Wyatt Hall
Louisville, KY 40292
United States
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