Terapia génica: tratamiento médico, eugenesia o higiene de la herencia? [Gene therapy: medical treatment, eugenics or inheritance’s hygiene?]

Abstract

"El desarrollo de la gen tica molecular en las dos ltimas d cadas produjo grandes cambios en los conocimientos sobre la fisiopatolog a de las enfermedades, modificando los criterios de diagn stico y de tratamiento, y enfrentando al m dico con nuevos conceptos provenientes de una avalancha tecnol gica que se incrementa d a a d a. Nuestro objetivo es exponer una posici n bio tica bastante difundida sobre algunos aspectos de la medicina gen mica y, simult neamente, hacer algunos comentarios cr ticos a esta posici n, rescatando sus aportes." ["The development of molecular genetics in the last two decades brought about important changes in the knowledge of physiopathology of the diseases, modifying the criteria for diagnosis and treatment and presenting the physician with new concepts originated from the continuously growing array of technological changes. The purpose of our paper is to present a fairly common bioethical standpoint about the gene therapy and, at the same time, to make some critical remarks about this outlook, without failing to point out its contributions to the subject."]