Designer Babies | Current Affairs Lecture

Last week the Chinese biophysicist He Jiankui announced he created the world’s first genetically modified babies. While a profound medical achievement, the experiment was immediately condemned by the global academic community. Why does the idea of altering human DNA spark such moral outrage? Come and learn from geneticist Michaela Fencková and medical ethicist Gert Olthuis about the promises and perils of human gene-editing. Designer Babies | Current Affairs lecture by geneticist Michaela Fencková and medical ethicist Gert Olthuis | Thursday 6 December 2018 l 12.30-13.15 hrs| Theater Hall C, Elinor Ostrom Building, Radboud University Read the review: https://www.ru.nl/radboudreflects/terugblik/terugblik-2018/terugblik-2018/18-12-06-designer-babies-current-affairs-lecture/ Never want to miss a podcast again? Subscribe to this channel. Radboud Reflects Organizes in-depth lectures about philosophy, religion, ethics, society and culture. www.ru.nl/radboudreflects