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UT Southwestern's Ethics Grand Rounds: "Polygenic Embryo Screening: Ethical Challenges"

 

Speaker: Vardit Ravitsky, Ph.D.

President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hastings Center

 

Abstract: Recent advances in genetic screening have made the science fiction allure of choosing our children's traits ever more possible.Many parents-to-be already screen human embryos derived from in vitro fertilization (IVF) to avoid passing along harmful genetic diseases. However, with the falling cost of genetic sequencing, along with increased understanding of the genetic basis of many characteristics, fertility clinics are starting to offer couples additional technologies. These allow prospective parents to screen embryos before implantation in the womb, to see how likely each one is to develop conditions or traits that depend on many genes, such as schizophrenia, Crohn's disease, and prospects of educational attainment. Some of these applications are quite controversial. This talk will discuss the ethical challenges raised by these emerging developments.

 

CME

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (including medical ethics and/or professional responsibility).

 

NCPD 

UT Southwestern Medical Center is accredited as a provider of nursing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

 

This activity has been awarded 1.0 credit hour.

 

For additional information about this lecture, please refer to the announcement.

 

Contact

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This lecture will be conducted via Zoom webinar. There is no registration fee, but you must register to participate. Upon registration, yu will receive the Zoom event ID and link for the webinar. To register for Zoom access, please click the link below: 

https://utsouthwestern-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3j6uX1KgTMu43XYKDRmIgw

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