Genome: Is Sharing Data Safe? Advantages & Disadvantages

[Veronica]

In your opinion, do you think it is safe or dangerous to share genome data? What are the advantages and disadvantages of sharing genome data? Looking forward to your replies..Thank you.. :shy:

 

[cronxeh]

Since there is an enormous amount of information, this project needs to be a trully international effort. Pharmacologists can use this data to design drugs and prolong, create, or help sustain life

Advantages:
some mad scientist anywhere in the world could do research based on this data and further explore the field and publish his findings for a greater good of humanity

Disadvantages:
same mad scientist can patent a genetic cure from cancer and hike up the prices (although intellectual property is essential for breakthroughs in sciences, etc). or in our day and age, some terrorist can design a trully incurable virus and cause world-wide pandemic

 

[chroot]

In my opinion, information itself is never inherently good or bad.

- Warren

 

[Veronica]

Thank you very much to the both of you..