Anthropologist Rayna Rapp will discuss the growth of genetic testing in reproduction in a public lecture, Wed., March 25, 5:30 p.m. in NYUs Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center for Arts and Science, 100 Washington Square East (enter at 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place [wheelchair accessible]).

Banking on DNA: Gendering the Ever-Expanding Horizon of Prenatal Genetic Testing and Reproductive Technology, a Bentson Deans Lecture, is free and open to the public.

How are we to make sense of the increase in testing in reproduction? Rapp will consider the rapidly escalating role of genetic testing in reproduction and will highlight the benefits and burdens of intensified testing in family-making and their gendered implications. The knowledge and pressure to use such tests has resulted in growing social and cultural awareness of disability rights, robust commercial investments in genome-based technologies, and the turn to big data in health research.

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The Implications of the Growing Role of Genetic TestingLecture by Anthropologist Rayna Rapp, March 25 - NYU News

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