posted on 2004-01-01, 00:00authored byS Cousins, Kevin Anderson
Australian scientists in Sydney made medical history by creating a life-saving brother for a child with an incurable genetic disease. Features the case of a Tasmanian couple who, with their help, have this life-saving baby, at their third try. The pioneering IVF treatment, which is legal only in N.S.W., hit the news headlines, sparking an ethical storm. Examines the moral and ethical issues that genetic manipulation raises, including the potential uses and misuses of genetic technology. Raises also the spectre of an extreme form of eugenics, as seen in the World War II Nazi push to create a master race through human genetics. Some view eugenics as another form of PGD. Presents the diverse views of eminent ethicists and the Catholic Church, world wide.
History
Publisher
Film Australia
Place of publication
Lindfield N.S.W.
Creation date
2003-01-01
Language
eng
Notes
FILM FESTIVALS : Scinema Festival of Science Film August 13 2005.TELEVISION SCREENINGS : SBS September 30 2004, National Geographic Channel November 26 & 27 2006, SBS October 19 2007, SBS October 9 2008. Writer & director, Sean Cousins ; producers, Tony Wright & Stuart Menzies Narrator: Rachel Ward.Kevin Anderson: Cinematographer. Also available as 1 videodisc (ca. 54 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/â4 in.
Publication classification
J1 Major original creative work; JR1 Recorded or Rendered Creative Works - Film, Video