Harper’s contributor Krithika Varagur discusses Nigeria’s approach to “genetic responsibility,” and what couples are up against when they meet a mate whose genes when combined with their own could produce a child with the painful disease.
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Beyond Mom, Dad And 2.5 Kids
This hour, we’ll talk about how people are rethinking the definition of family.
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Listen to This Before You Do a DNA Test
Journalist Libby Copeland joins us to talk about the pluses and minuses of opening a door into who is really related to whom.
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Why DNA Is Not Destiny
Steven Heine joins us to talk about why some of us put entirely too much stock into what genetic testing reveals.
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The Gene Machine
Bonnie Rochman joins us to talk about the many ethical questions that arise from the knowledge gained by pre-birth testing.
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DNA Testing’s Down Side
We’ll talk about the flaws in DNA testing with NYU Law professor Erin Murphy. She writes about the topic in “Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA.”
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