Category Genetic Technologies

Is Prenatal Testing Discriminatory?
Chris Kaposy recommends that governments considering public funding for noninvasive prenatal testing take heed of the problem of discrimination against people with disabilities such as Down syndrome.

Genome-Edited Babies – A Cause for Concern
Shawn H.E. Harmon describes significant concerns with human genome editing that illustrate multiple failures of governance.

The “Value” of Consumer DNA Sequencing
Landon J. Getz questions the value of consumer DNA sequencing in light of serious issues of inconsistency, privacy, and human identity.