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Genetics, Reproductive Health, Science & the Future
BOLD BRAVE FEARLESS
BLACK FUTURISM CONFERENCE
Black Women for Wellness conference
October 20, 2016
Marcy Darnovsky, Center for Genetics and Society
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BIOPOLITICS
The way in which human biotechnologies interact with power dynamics, structural inequalities, and public policies
Genetic
Engineering
- Heritable modification
- Gene editing
- Genetic selection
- Reproductive cloning
- Synthetic biology
- Artificial gametes
- Eugenics
Assisted
Reproduction
- In vitro fertilization
- Egg retrieval
- Social egg freezing
- Commercial surrogacy
- Embryo screening
- Sex selection
- Early prenatal gene
tests
Genetic Data
- Genetic testing
- Genetic discrimination
- Direct-to-consumer &
ancestry gene tests
- DNA biobanks
- Police DNA databases
- “Precision" medicine
- Race-based medicine
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“The not-too-distant future”
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Human clones & GM babies?
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“GenRich” &“Naturals”
“Eventually the GenRich class and the Natural class will become… entirely separate species with no ability to cross-breed.”
Lee Silver,
Princeton biologist
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“Engineering the Human Germline”
Goal: To make inheritable genetic modification “acceptable” to the public.
Conclusion: “The
question is not if, but when and how.”
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Fertility clinic of the future?
“You must act before you get pregnant. Don't be sorry after she's born. This really is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for your child-to-be.”
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Fertility clinics today
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Egg markets
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Preconception selection
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Eugenics in the U.S.
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Healthy seed & fitter families
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Gene “editing”
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CRISPR developers
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Somatic vs germline
“Somatic genetic modification”
If it works, it’s gene therapy
Affects existing patients
Not inheritable
“Germline genetic modification”
Also known as germline gene editing
Changes genes in eggs, sperm, early embryos
Inheritable and irreversible
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“Engineering the Perfect Baby”
“Scientists are developing ways to edit the DNA of tomorrow’s children. Should they stop before it’s too late?”
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“Don’t edit the human germ line”
Nature, March 2015
“Serious risks…the therapeutic benefits are tenuous…a path towards… genetic enhancement.”
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“A prudent path forward…”
Science, April 2015
“A prudent path forward for genomic engineering and germline gene modification”
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Not safe
Profound risks
to future children & generations...
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Not needed
Safer ways to have health children…
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New forms of inequalty?
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Convention on Biomedicine and Human Rights
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Obama administration
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National Academies