(bright upbeat music) (TV switch on) (TV scratching) (TV clicking) (gentle music) (TV curtain rattling) (gentle music) (TV clicking) >>10 years, and a hundred million dollars after its launch, the Human Genome Project has radically changed the future of medicine.

Already individuals can be tested for genetic predisposition to many diseases, and for many diseases can be treated accordingly.

While genetic research therefore holds great promise, genetic testing in children raises serious questions.

>>To what extent are we gonna be comfortable with a scenario where, again, perhaps couples with the greatest financial resources begin to take advantage of things like pre-implantation diagnosis, not just to avoid the birth of a child with a terrible disease, like Tay-Sachs disease for instance, but to try to optimize the characteristics of their offspring?

And is that an area where we want genetic testing to proliferate without oversight?

Again, saying that it's really up to a couple to make their own reproductive decisions?

Or does society have an interest in setting some boundaries on the application of genetics for selection of traits of future generations?