Description:
From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life. Closer to Truth brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate many of today's fundamental issues. Joining host Robert Kuhn are evolutionary biologist Francisco Ayala; gene therapist French Anderson; best-selling author and surgeon Sherwin Nuland; biophysicist Gregory Stock; and neuroscientist Allan Tobin. The panelists debate the benefits of and difference between genetic therapy and genetic enhancement, and the ethical impact of altering human evolution.
Speaker(s):
Francisco Ayala, professor of biology and philosophy, University of California at Irvine
French Anderson, director, Gene Therapy Laboratories; professor of biochemistry and pediatrics, University of Southern California
Sherwin Nuland, clinical professor of surgery,Yale University; medical history and bioethics teacher, Yale University
Gregory Stock, director, Medicine, Technology and Society Program, UCLA; author
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Ph.D., UCLA; Closer to Truth host
Allan Tobin, M.D., Brain Research, UCLA
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