Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues of Genomic Research

"The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) devoted 3% to 5% of their annual Human Genome Project (HGP) budgets toward studying the ethical, legal, and social issues (ELSI) surrounding availability of genetic information. This represents the world's largest bioethics program, which has become a model for ELSI programs around the world."

A collection or resources on diverse topics, such as:

"Commercialization of products including property rights (patents, copyrights, and trade secrets) and accessibility of data and materials.
Who owns genes and other pieces of DNA?
Will patenting DNA sequences limit their accessibility and development into useful products? is available here.