Genetic Screening
Our understanding of genetics combined with our technological advances now can allow expecting parents to screen their embryos for any known genetic abnormalities and genetic diseases.
Questions:
- What constitutes a disease?
- What can be some of the ethical issues that can come from genetic screening?
- How about using genetic engineering of the embryos to alter certain characteristics - what could be the benefit that comes form this?
- What are the dangers of this kind of genetic manipulation?