Brave New Babies 1

Synopsis: Jonathan Glover, a moral philosopher from New College, Oxford, looks at developments in genetic engineering. Experiments involving gene-mapping, cloning and embryo manipulation are already routine but how will these techniques will be applied to the human embryo by the end of the century?. Glover discusses the idea of human clones, man-ape hybrids and the use of genetic engineering to change the intelligence of people. He feels it is important to work out now what our attitudes to future genetic engineering possibilities should be.
Series: Horizon, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1982
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Available together with DAWN OF THE CLONE AGE, DESIGNER BABIES and CLONING THE FIRST HUMAN as a package entitled BEST OF HORIZON- GENETICS, wsith linking commentary by Steve Jones. Package price £295.00
Subjects: Biology
Keywords: biochemistry; cloning; genetic engineering

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Jonathan Glover

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