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Genetic Testing: The Ultimate Matchmaker

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Scientists Debunk 'Genetic Matchmaking'

02 min 36 sec

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Georg Hollander and Dr. Alan Trounson discuss the idea of using genetic testing to determine romantic compatibility.

Hollander dismisses the idea, joking "I would doubt this is as pleasurable, to say the least, as any other way that we have chosen...to find our partners."
Using Designer Babies to Save Siblings

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Dr. Alan Trounson discusses the ethics of genetically selecting offspring, highlighting a case where parents wanted to have another child to save their first one's life.

He argues that situations like this are ethical, explaining "she's completely healthy. And they have a son, and both of them are loved."
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jjnovovi

Posted: 01.01.10, 11:16 AM

The speaker closest to the guy asking the questions makes a mistake when he is talking about cystic fibrosis in chapter 3...he says if both parents have the CF gene there is a 50% chance of them having an affected child...it's actually 1/4 or 25% as it's autosomal recessive. Odd how such an expert would get something so rudimentary wrong...maybe just nervous.

swissnexSanFrancisco

Posted: 10.02.09, 07:38 AM

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Adastra

Posted: 08.20.09, 03:30 PM

Works for me - great panel, let's get this to 10,000+ views

Invictus_88

Posted: 08.13.09, 05:42 AM

It's always worked fine for me. How strange.