This course is Lesson 5 of a recently completed webinar entitled, "Modern Genetics Research and Ethics." Successfully completing this lesson will earn 1.5 CEs. For accreditation information and presenter biographies, Click here.

Topics:

I. Techniques of selection of an appropriate embryo

II. Case studies

III. Arguments for and against production of a donor child

IV. Risks to the donor child

V. Risks to the value of human life

VI. Implications of stem cell research

Behavioral/Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the process of preimplantation genetic diagnosis used to select and appropriate embryo.
2. Define the legal ramifications of conception of a spare-part child.
3. Identify the ethical arguments for and against the use of technology to produce a spare-part child.
4. Explain the potential ethics of the use of stem cells in the future to answer the need for “spare parts.”