Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade

Hearing, Thursday June 19: “Genetics and other Human Modification Technologies: Sensible International Regulation or a New Kind of Arms Race.”

Prepared Witness Testimony

Nigel M. de S. Cameron, Ph.D.

President, Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, Washington, DC Research Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am Nigel Cameron, Research Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology and President of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies, a new nonpartisan think tank focused on the policy implications of the technologies that are set to shape tomorrow. It is an honor to be ...read more

Melanie Unruh, R.N., B.S.N. Intern, The Tennessee Center for Bioethics and Culture

November 2007

I admit it. I am a science fiction freak. Although I have never been a reader of comic books, recent movies such as “Spiderman” and “The Fantastic Four,” and the ideas behind the popular television series “Heroes” fascinate me.  As schools have taught that man is the product of genetic evolution, movies and television shows capitalize on this culture, encouraging the idea that we will soon be able to control our own evolution. Most commonly, cultural genetics portrays random mutations or engineered genes as the source of superhuman ...read more