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World Service,06 Oct 2000,26 mins

Designer Baby created to save his Sister

Science In Action

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How baby Adam Nash was created in Chicago by using preimplantation genetic testing in order to save his sister Molly's life, and the bioethical issues raised. An appropriate technology method of sinking wells is designed for Africa. A new type of heavenly body observed in Orion that has planetary mass but doesn't emit light and doesn't orbit a star. Will the next man on the moon be Chinese?

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