Question

Why were laws passed to control the usage of knowledge of human genome?

• A. It wouldn't benefit the pharmaceutical companies to create medicines for specific individual needs.
• B. The genome of an individual is considered to be personal property and needs to be protected by law.
• C. The knowledge of an individual’s genome could be used to inflict harm.
• D. It was too difficult to code the human DNA.

Answer 1

Answer: (B), (C)

The correct options are
B The genome of an individual is considered to be personal property and needs to be protected by law.
C The knowledge of an individual’s genome could be used to inflict harm.

Humans have had a dubious history of using new knowledge for a negative purpose. Moreover, the human genome is a very personal information. It is almost like knowing another person’s name, bank account number, ATM PIN cards and passwords to e-mail accounts. It is very important to protect the knowledge of human genome with laws that prevent unlawful usage.