# When genetic choice becomes personal

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@Westpac
- Speaker: Alastair O'Neill
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alastair_o_neill_when_genetic_choice_becomes_personal)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

If you could guarantee that your child would avoid inheriting a serious condition, such as blindness, would you do it? Alastair O'Neill describes the wrenching decisions people have made now that science can pre-screen healthy embryos.

## Lectures

1. [When genetic choice becomes personal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alastair_o_neill_when_genetic_choice_becomes_personal/5bf6eb9424b1), 17 min (TED's player)