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Band 7+: What are the ethical implications of personalized medicine and genetic engineering?

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I think personalized medicine is one of the most innovative and beneficial developments in the medical domain in general. But it can be easily misused by companies, just like what's happening right now with personalized ads and the stealing of data, personalized data to optimize the ads transferred to the customer. For example, Facebook and Instagram steal data to send personalized customized adverts to selective customers. The same thing will happen in the area of medicine. The genetic phenotype will be stolen and then distributed to other companies for customized plans and products, repurposed for the customer to use.

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I think personalized medicine is one of the most innovative beneficial development in the medicine domain in general. But it can be easily misused by companies to, just like what’s happening right now with the personalized ads and a stealing of data, personalized data to optimize the ad transferred to the customer. For example, Facebook and Instagram, they steal data to send to personalized customize adverts to selective customers. Same thing will happen the data will be in the area of medicine. The genetic phenotype will be stolen and then distributed to other companies for customized plants and products and repurposed for the customer to be used.

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The response addresses the ethical considerations of personalized medicine but relies heavily on an analogy to personalized advertising, which, while relevant, could be more directly linked to the medical context. To improve, provide more specific examples within the healthcare industry and elaborate on the potential consequences of misusing genetic information.

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