Spring 2001 MOSAIC
Genetics, Ethics and Faith

Zion Lutheran, PittsburghI. The New World of Genetics and You
MOSAIC's cameras visit a genetics laboratory for a short course in genetics and a hard look at some of the issues involved in genetic study and engineering. With rapidly unfolding knowledge charting new roads often thought too fearsome to travel, a California Lutheran theologian and a Pennsylvania ELCA congregation adult forum help us ask some hard, controversial and definitely 21st Century questions about human involvement in on-going creation.

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Genetic testingII. Testing and Screening: The Genetics Oracle
 In this segment we meet a medical geneticist and genetic councilor at work, and hear the stories of two women who chose to be tested for genetic abnormalities.

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Ted PetersIII. Who Controls Your Genetic Secrets?
 Finally, MOSAIC turns to a number of experts, including those in the health insurance industry, and asks the question: Will genetic testing lead to the loss of confidentiality and eventually health care discrimination for those whose genetic blueprint reveals a high health risk?

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