To Test or Not to Test?
Commercial DNA testing is now available, but is it a good idea?
July 1, 20087m 17s
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Dr. Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses the ethical issues raised by commercial genetic testing.
Podcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston.
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