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- Autopsies and the ethics of one's own genomic dissectionShow More
OTHER AUTHORS:
Fabio A. Salamanca-Gomez
National Director for Research
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Mexico
Eric Topol's intriguing and imaginative proposal to have medical students dissect and annotate their own genomes follows the ancient injunction to know oneself. Regrettably, this initiative surprisingly ignores well-known ethical and legal issues, particularly...
Competing Interests: None declared.