The Perfect Person

 

The FDA recently approved a hormone to treat children with short stature.  How far would YOU go to make yourself better? Genetic modication? Ira Flatow talks with two authors about creating the perfect child.  Plus, can we speed up evolution with bionics, i.e. artificially enhancing our abilities?

Genetic Tests In the Courtroom
Under what circumstances should judges order defendants to take genetic tests? As genetic tests for more and more illnesses become available, this question is gaining in relevance, as is the subject of a paper this week in the journal Science.


Guests:

Joan Rothschild
Research Associate, Center for Human Environments
Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York
New York, NY 

 The Dream of the Perfect Child

Joel Garreau
Reporter and Editor 
   Washington Post
   Washington, DC

Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies-and What It Means to Be Human

 

Diane E. Hoffmann
Associate Dean for Academic Programs
Director, Law and Health Care Program and
Professor of Law

Books/Articles Discussed

The Dream of the Perfect Child

Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies-and What It Means to Be Human

Genes in the Court

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This segment produced by Karin Vergoth