Vancouver Week Three: "last but not least"

Given that DNA can be used to predict the likelihood of getting certain diseases, should anybody be entitled to have access to your genetic data? For example life insurance companies already ask health questions and perform blood tests to determine your insurability and would probably find your genetic information very useful. As a further example, your physician maybe able to provide you with better treatment if he or she was able to determine your predispositions for genetic diseases. Would YOU want to know? Share your thoughts.

Vancouver Week Two: The Fun Continues..."

Share your thoughts on Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagostics (PIGD). Assuming that there are no boundaries as to what PIGD can detect, to what extent do you think PIGD should be permitted? Should there be laws controlling the use of PIGD?

Biotrek hits the West Coast!

If you could know whether you were likely to suffer from a serious genetic disease like breast or colo-rectal cancer would you want to? How would your life change? Would you like to know whether your children would carry these gene mutations before they are born?

BioTrek in Edmonton

If a gene for depression was identified, would you perform PIGD (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis) in order to select a child who did not carry the allele for depression? Share your thoughts.

BioTrek Rodeo

If you could select for traits in your children using PIGD (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis), would you want to do it? Which traits would you select for? Share your thoughts.

BioTrek in Steinbach

We humans now have the ability to move genes from one species to another. (In fact, today we performed a transgenic experiment ourselves.) Under what circumstances, if any, do you think we should move DNA from species to species?

To test or not to test...that is the question!

When/If you are having a baby, would you want to perform PIGD (pre-implantation genetic diagnosis)? Would you do it only to test for genetic diseases or also to select for certain traits? Share your thoughts.

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