​New technologies not only enable us to create better life forms, but we can now manipulate human evolution at the level of a human embryo. What do these incredible advances in medical sciences mean: does it offer new hope or are we playing with fire? Dave Pepler tackles this controversial topic in conversation with geneticist, Prof Louise Warnich, and a specialist on bio-ethics, Prof Anton van Niekerk.

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