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Futureproof Gold: Unethical Experiments

Last year's gene edited babies scandal is just the latest example of questionable ethics in scien...

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12.03 25 Apr 2019


Futureproof Gold: Unethical Experiments



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12.03 25 Apr 2019


Last year's gene edited babies scandal is just the latest example of questionable ethics in science.

Has this always been a problem and how do we decide what experiments are or are not acceptable?

Dr. Calum Mac Kellar, director of research at the Scottish Council of Bioethics, joins Jonathan to discuss

First Aired: 14/7/2013


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