Events

Playing God?

University of Kent
Brabourne Lecture Theatre, Keynes College, University Of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7UG, UK
26 March 2010 - 5.45pm

A public debate addressing new genetic technologies and concerns over 'designer babies'.

The event will incorporate presentations from Professor Alan Handyside (Visiting Professor of Developmental Biology at the University of Leeds and Consultant in Preimplantation Genetics at the London Bridge Fertility, Gynaecology and Genetics Centre) and Stephen Wilkinson (Professor of Bioethics at Keele University and author of Choosing Tomorrow's Children: The Ethics of Selective Reproduction (buy this book from Amazon UK or Amazon USA) and Bodies for Sale: Ethics and Exploitation in the Human Body Trade (buy this book from Amazon UK or Amazon USA).

Attendance is free, and booking is not required. For further information, or if you would like to table a question at the event, contact Sarah Slowe at or on +44 (0)1227 827 044.

Further details of this event are available on the University of Kent website.