This film documents the Progress Educational Trust event 'Careful What You Look For: What Should We Be Testing For in Sperm and Egg Donors?', produced in partnership with the Scottish Government.
If you can't see the film embedded above, you can watch it on YouTube.
| Introduction | |
| 0:00:00 | Sarah Norcross Director, Progress Educational Trust |
| Presentations | |
| 0:03:21 | Professor Zosia Miedzybrodzka Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Aberdeen |
| 0:14:29 | Professor Scott Nelson Professor of Reproductive and Maternal Medicine, University of Glasgow |
| 0:29:47 | Dr Véronique Berman Scientific Adviser and Community Development Manager, Chana |
| 0:38:46 | Professor Guido Pennings Professor of Ethics and Bioethics, Ghent University |
| Discussion | |
| 0:49:23 | Responses to audience questions and comments |
This film was made by Video Production Edinburgh.
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