Ethical Priority of the Most Actionable System of Biomolecules: the Metabolome
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2019-10-23Author
Lewis, Cecil M.
McCall, Laura-Isobel
Sharp, Richard R.
Spicer, Paul G.
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The metabolome is a system of small biomolecules (metabolites) and a direct result of human bioculture. Consequently, metabolomics is well poised to impact anthropological and biomedical research for the foreseeable future. Overall, we provide a perspective on the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of metabolomics, which we argue are often more alarming than those of genomics. Given the current mechanisms to fund research, ELSI beyond human DNA is stifled and in need of considerable attention.
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Lewis Jr CM, McCall L-I, Sharp RR, Spicer PG. 2019. Ethical priority of the most actionable system of biomolecules: the metabolome. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 171:177–181. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23943
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This publication was primarily supported by the NIH (RM1 HG009042; R01 GM089886).
Open Access fees paid for in whole or in part by the University of Oklahoma Libraries.
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