Designer Babies

Synopsis: Explains the techniques that have been developed to ‘micro-sort’ sperm in order to pre-select the sex of a child. With the completion of the Human Genome Project in the foreseeable future, it seems inevitable that designer babies, made possible by technology, will be possible within 20 years. Asks how this would affect society and the species, and whether scientists can predict where it all might end.
Series: Life and Death in the 21st Century, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min.
Year of production: 1999
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC1 on 7/4/99.

Available together with BRAVE NEW BABIES, DAWN OF THE CLONE AGE, and CLONING THE FIRST HUMAN as a package entitled BEST OF HORIZON- GENETICS, wsith linking commentary by Steve Jones. Package price £295.00
Subjects: Medical sciences
Keywords: genetic engineering

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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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