Gattaca Now: Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)

Earlier this year I wrote a short blog post about the movie Gattaca, which you can read here. Gattaca does a wonderful job conveying the moral ambiguities of using genetic technology to choose and design a child before conception. The movie does this all while maintaining the plot of a suspenseful romance story.

Recently PGD has been making the headlines, and CNN put a seemingly well balanced piece together with Dr. Gupta.

You can read the entire article here.

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