geneticsandsociety Videos
Harvard Prof. Michael Sandel on Human Genetic Modification, Berkeley, CA, 7 May 2007
Harvard Professor of Government Michael Sandel spoke at the Berkeley City Club in May 2007 on "The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering," sponsored by the Center for Genetics and Society.
Tags: Cloning Michael Sandel eugenics genetic manipulation stem cells transhumanism
Prof Sheldon Krimsky talks about the bioscience-industrial complex (Pt. 2)
Sheldon Krimsky of Tufts University argues that the polarized positions advocated by self-interested scientists and religious fundamentalists alike are impeding the responsible use of the new human genetic technologies. Symposium sponsored by CUNY, GGS & others, Dec. 9, 2004.
Tags: biotechnology patents cloning genetic eugenics designer babies germline
Prof. Sheldon Krimsky on the bioscience-industrial complex (Pt. 1)
Sheldon Krimsky of Tufts University argues that health care is being undermined as bioscience research becomes subservient to commercial forces. He calls for greater public oversight to ensure against the misuse of genetic technology. City University of New York Symposium, Dec. 9, 2004
Tags: biotechnology bioscience genetics cloning bioethics eugenics designer babies
Marcy Darnovsky of CGS on the politics of stem cells (Pt.1)
CGS Assoc. Director Marcy Darnovsky spoke about California's $3 billion stem cell ballot initiative, Proposition 71, at the Dec. 2004 symposium at City University of New York.
Tags: stem cells cloning women's health eugenics biotechnology Proposition 71 genetic
Prof. Stuart Newman on human genetic modification (Pt.2)
Prof. Stuart Newman of New York Medical College discusses the risks entailed in seeking to genetically modify human beings. City University of New York Symposium on "The Next Four Years, the Biotech Agenda and the Human Future," Dec. 9, 2004.
Prof. Stuart Newman on Human Genetic Modification (Pt.1)
Prof. Stuart Newman of New York Medical College discusses the risks that would be entailed in seeking to genetically modify human beings. City University of New York Symposium on "The Next Four Years, the Biotech Agenda and the Human Future," Dec. 9, 2004.
Marcy Darnovsky on stem cell politics at the Dec. 2004 CUNY Symposium (Pt. 2)
CGS Associate Director Marcy Darnovsky describes ways in which liberals and progressives can support stem cell research yet work to ensure that it serves the best interests of society as a whole rather than those of the commmercial biotech industry.
