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The European Journal of Public Health 2005 15(2):114-116; doi:10.1093/eurpub/cki090
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© European Public Health Association April 2005; all rights reserved

Viewpoints

Public health and genetics—a dangerous combination?

Angela Brand

*Correspondence: Professor Dr Angela Brand MPH, Professor for Social Medicine & Public Health, German Center for Public Health Genetics (DZPHG), University of Applied Sciences, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 6, D-33615 Bielefeld, Germany, Email: angela.brand@ fh-bielefeld.de

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‘It is clear, that the science of genomics holds tremendous potential for improving health globally... The specific challenge is how to harness this knowledge and have it contribute to health equity, especially among developing nations...’ This is a quote by Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Director General of WHO, which can be found in the year 2000 Report of the Advisory Committee on Health Research.

At the same time, Craig Venter, former president of Celera Genomics, stressed the significance of this issue at the occasion of a symposium about the future of public health at Harvard School of Public Health:

‘Three years ago the human genome–the ‘book of life’–was largely unknown. Today, anyone can read what it contains. Genomics is already providing fascinating insights into our species' evolution and clues to the some of the differences between individuals in susceptibility of diseases. The key question for public health, however, is . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Diverging opinions
 

   The challenge
 

   Public health responsibilities
 

   Conclusions
 

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