September 22^nd 2017 Science at the Edge Seminar

1400 Biomedical Physical Sciences

11:30 am

Insoo Hyun

"Ethics at the Edge of Science."

Abstract: 

This presentation addresses four cutting-edge areas of biomedical research that have recently stirred much ethical anxiety: human genome editing; mitochondrial replacement interventions; extended embryo cultivation; and self-organizing embryo-like structures. These four research areas share many interesting technical and ethical interconnections, which together provide a rich opportunity for the audience to reflect on the advances and limitations of ethics at the edge of science. 

Lerena R. Heintzelman

Department of Physics & Astronomy

Michigan State University

567 Wilson Rd. Room 3261

East Lansing, MI 48824

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