Ruth Institute Blog

Manuel and Sophia Corpas, Mercatornet.com

Ever-more sophisticated technology allows us to detect ever more genetic anomalies. What will we do with this knowledge?

One of our biggest worries in the field of genome medicine is the use of prenatal genetics tests to justify the abortion of human embryos. Current technologies allow enhanced detection of genetic abnormalities that a few years ago would have been unthinkable. Read more…