Genomic technologies are going from research lab to commercial service quickly, notably in America, which has permissive regulations. Steven Hsu, the cofounder of Genomic Prediction, discusses how his company already screens for Down’s Syndrome and is planning to test for other disorders.
Gulzaar Barn, a philosopher at King’s College, London, is uneasy with this. On the podcast, she argued that society should be cautious before accepting genetic enhancement as a good thing, since it undermines the idea that we are all equal despite our genetic or individual differences .
Oh, a playwright eh?
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