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/

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Radboud Reflects Organizes in-depth lectures about philosophy, religion, ethics, society and culture. www.ru.nl/radboudreflects

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

Designer Babies | Current Affairs Lecture

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[English below] Welkom op het podcastkanaal van Radboud Reflects. Hier vind je de podcasts van bijna al onze verdiepende lezingen over filosofie, religie, ethiek, samenleving en cultuur. Een of twee dagen na de lezing staat de podcast voor je klaar. Abonneer je en mis niks. Scherp je mening in gesprek met toonaangevende wetenschappers en laat je inspireren door baanbrekende internationale denkers. Radboud Reflects: stof tot nadenken. ENGLISH Radboud Reflects invites you to think further. Beyond the issues of the day. With lectures, films and debates we make science accessible to a large audience, offline as well as online. Our programs offer an innovative and in-depth look at issues that matter in science, in society and in the current events of today. Here you will find the podcasts of our lectures. Subscribe and don't miss a Radboud Reflects podcast. We offer a stimulating stage to analyze complex issues from a philosophical, ethical or religious perspective. Sharpen your opinion in a conversation with leading scientists and get inspired by groundbreaking international thinkers. Radboud Reflects: something to think about!

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