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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

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