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Individual Biological Sovereignty

Meaning

The fundamental ethical and clinical principle asserting an individual’s absolute right to complete control, ownership, and autonomous decision-making power over all their personal biological data, including genomic information, real-time biometrics, and sensitive hormonal health records. This sovereignty extends to deciding who can access their data, how it is used in research or commercial applications, and the right to informed consent regarding any physiological intervention or treatment plan. It is the patient-centric core of ethical personalized medicine.