Watch and Listen: Two Conversations about the Dangers of Genetically Modified Humans
Posted by June 12, 2013
Biopolitical Times
Now online are two recent conversations about the dangers of proposals for inheritable genetic modification.
The first, “Patent Pending: The Rise of GM Humans,” features New York Medical College developmental biologist Stuart Newman in conversation with Milton Reynolds of Facing History and Ourselves. This wide-ranging discussion about the social justice and ethical challenges of human biotechnologies took place on June 6 in Berkeley, California. A video of the event, sponsored by the SynBioWatch consortium, is here.
In “Tinkering with DNA,” C.S. Soong of KPFA Radio’s Against the Grain talks with Stuart Newman about the deeply problematic nature of inheritable genetic engineering. Newman argues that its proponents misunderstand the nature of living things and the process of human evolution. Listen here.