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Black & white picture of two children playing cards with a being who seems to be a cross between man and apeStill from Zenith/Anglia's TV production of Chimera, a miniseries adapted from Stephen Gallagher's novel

Monster Myths

Wellcome Trust, 186 Euston Road, London NW1

23/03/1995

Are writers demonising the new genetics? A debate at the Wellcome Trust

The debate was organised by The Arts Catalyst with the Wellcome Trust.

Panellists were Stephen Gallagher, author of Chimera, Maureen Duffy, author of Gorsaga, Paul Nurse, Director of Research at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, and Peter Goodfellow, Professor of Genetics at Cambridge University, Sheila McLean, Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine at Glasgow University, and Jon Turney, Wellcome Fellow in Science Communication at University College London.

The panel was chaired by Mark Lawson.

Links

Text of Stephen Gallagher's contribution

Sponsors

The Wellcome Trust. Media sponsor: The Independent