Felicity Boardman on the ethics of genetic screening and genome editing

This week, we have a guest on the show - Professor Felicity
Boardman, who works at the University of Warwick on the ethics of
genetic screening and genome editing. Specifically, she is
co-leader of the Imagined Futures project, which looks at the
impact of new genetic technologies on those with rare genetic
conditions.


This is a little outside the topics we usually cover on this show
- but at the same time, it's an extremely important and
under-appreciated topic - how the genetic technologies of today
are already impacting people. We had an excellent conversation,
and I hope you enjoy it.


 


 


 


 


You can find Professor Boardman's work at the Warwick website,
her previous articles on The Conversation, and several talks on
YouTube - I urge you to check them all out.


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