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Eugenics
Seeking to change a population, to increase the occurrence of chosen characteristics that are believed to be both heritable and desirable.
FILM: The First Transhumanist? Haldane's 'Daedalus' 100 Years On
This film documents a lecture by Sandy Starr – deputy director of PET – about the life and legacy of JBS Haldane, who at one time was the best-known scientist in Britain and who helped to pioneer the idea of IVF...
Public open to doubling of 14-day limit on embryo research
A new dialogue report shows backing from members of the public for the extension of the 14-day limit on human embryo research...
Radio Review: Turning Point – First of millions
The BBC has dramatised the work of Dr Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe to create the world's first IVF baby, in this latest radio play, bringing their story to a much wider audience, writes Anne Galvin...
Event Review: Gene Editing – A new legal frontier
Professor Imogen Goold's lecture about the ethical issues surrounding the use of genome editing in humans gets Ruth Retassie thinking about how our society treats disability...
Exhibition Review: Wellcome Collection – Genetic automata
Through a series of video installations, this Wellcome Collection exhibition delves into the complexities of race and identity in the modern era of avatars, videogames, and DNA ancestry...
Podcast Review: BBC Inside Science – 70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA's structure
On the 70th anniversary of the publication of the seminal papers detailing the DNA double helix, we have new insight into the discovery of DNA's structure. Three experts are interviewed in this BBC Inside Science podcast...
Book Review: Eve – The disobedient future of birth
Dr Zoe Bolton and Professor Stephen Wilkinson from the Future of Human Reproduction programme review a book exploring the ethics of artificial womb technology...
100 Years of 'Daedalus': The Birth of Assisted Reproductive Technology
This PET event brought together a range of experts to explore Haldane's legacy and what the next 100 years might have in store for reproductive technology...