This episode on The Nursing Post Podcast, we discuss the basics of DNA, how DNA has changed and growing into an era of Designer Babies. 

From blood type in the 1920’s, to advance in the 1970 to today’s home DNA kits. Medical science and DNA testing and technological advances have come a long way. 

Today, Genetic disorders can be mapped,being used in medical research. Families can trace family lineage with genealogy and genetics. DNA fingerprinting is being used at crime scenes, in cold cases, and to exonerate those wrongfully convicted.

What happens when medical advances clash with medicine’s ethical opinions? From the mapping of the Human Genome in the 1990’s to the future of “designer babies”, Will we be ordering babies off of menus and will only the elite, 1% have the option?

Please join the conversation and leave us your thoughts on designer babies and advancements in DNA. 

Our references and articles for this podcast is available on our website www.thenursingpostpodcast.com 

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