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If we don’t play God who will?  Should there be limits to genetic engineering? Dr Helen Wallace Director, GeneWatch UK www.genewatch.org
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What do twin studies tell us? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Genetic association studies are mostly wrong ,[object Object],[object Object]
New whole genome studies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Genes and behaviour ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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Some current controversies ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Gene tests and DNA databases ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Synthetic biology and  GM micro-organisms ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
GM animals ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
GM plants ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The missing debate ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Who decides (and what do they decide)? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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