Genetic technology may have changed, but Gattaca represents a set of ethical concerns that are still relevant.
Those are just a few of the countless examples of articles about the ethics of genetic editing invoking. In fact, the editor of Future Tense says she is constantly taking references to the film out of pieces because they get “a little tired.”
Deanna Darnes is a genetic counselor in Dallas, where she talks to patients about birth defects, chromosome abnormalities, and single gene disorders and helps them find genetic testing options. She’s found that the movie left some patients—if they “are more my age or older,” she says—confused about how genetics work, and what technology can do for fetuses with genetic diseases.
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