MEDICAL GENETICS: THE PROMISE AND THE LIMITS - a podcast by Names Not Numbers

Recent years have seen huge developments in the field of medical genomics and indeed their adoption into mainstream healthcare. How has our understanding of the topic evolved and what further progress is envisioned?  What are the ethical, social and legal implications that such developments entail? For patients, policy makers, law enforcement,  the insurance industry and society as a whole. Recorded live at Editorial Intelligence’s annual ideas festival Names Not Numbers. Co-curated and held in association with the Wellcome Trust.

 

Chair: Mark Henderson, Head of Communications, The Wellcome Trust
Panel: Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Barrister and Broadcaster, former Chair of the British Council and Chair of the Human Genetics Commission.
Anna Middleton, Ethics Researcher, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Professor Sir Mike Stratton, Director, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

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