“It's not enough to say 'I wasn't aware of it,' because you have a responsibility to know what's going on in your lab. It's a huge ethical no-no, it smacks of coercion.”
“We kind of have to re-think what does it mean to be human, to have a life span. What does it mean to be able to do things that your grandparents couldn't do, things like replacing parts?”
“Privacy drives the concern about these databases. People are fearful that information about genetics could be used against them. The very things that make a population good to study also make it tricky.”
