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CATEGORIES:Grand Rounds,Career & Prof. Dev.
DESCRIPTION:UT Southwestern's Ethics Grand Rounds: "Polygenic Embryo Screen
 ing: Ethical Challenges"\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Vardit Ravitsky\, Ph.D.\n\nPresid
 ent and Chief Executive Officer of The Hastings Center\n\n \n\nAbstract: Re
 cent advances in genetic screening have made the science fiction allure of 
 choosing our children's traits ever more possible.Many parents-to-be alread
 y screen human embryos derived from in vitro fertilization (IVF) to avoid p
 assing along harmful genetic diseases. However\, with the falling cost of g
 enetic 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\, Cr
 ohn's disease\, and prospects of educational attainment. Some of these appl
 ications are quite controversial. This talk will discuss the ethical challe
 nges raised by these emerging developments.\n\n \n\nCME\n\nThis activity ha
 s been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (including medical ethics
  and/or professional responsibility).\n\n \n\nNCPD \n\nUT Southwestern Medi
 cal Center is accredited as a provider of nursing professional development 
 by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.\
 n\n \n\nThis activity has been awarded 1.0 credit hour.\n\n \n\nFor additio
 nal information about this lecture\, please refer to the announcement.\n\n 
 \n\nContact\n\nRuth Vinciguerra | Email
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SUMMARY:Ethics Grand Rounds: Polygenic Embryo Screening
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URL:https://events.utsouthwestern.edu/event/Polygenic_Embryo_Screening
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