Science, technology and our future: the big questions.
The search for perfection
Publication date: April 2002
Summary
Tom Shakespeare explains how new choices in embryo and genetic selection may not be so clearcut because people are complex systems which cannot be straight-forwardly manipulated with knowledge of the consequences. Yet the availability of these techniques can lead to greater intolerance of those traits not defined as 'perfect'. Driven by commercial interests these developments are likely to lead to greater inequality in acces to genetic services. We need to come to terms with our imperfections.
