Group 3: Engineering Better Medicines, Engineering Better Babies?

Does engineering better medicines mean engineering better babies? Andre, Andrea, Joel, and Dagmawi will investigate the eugenic implications of screening for BRAC1 and BRAC2, genes that raise the risk of developing breast cancer, and for "gay genes," should such genes or genetic markers ever be identified. What medical promise does genetic medicine hold? What kinds of ethical and political problems are raised by the collection of genetic data? Click here to read their full research proposal.