Should you get your baby's genome sequenced?

您是否应该为您宝宝进行基因组测序?

Babbage from The Economist

2026-07-01

38 分钟
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Ainslie Johnstone, our science correspondent, is pregnant. When she was approached to have her newborn baby's genome sequenced and screened for more than 200 rare conditions, she almost jumped at the opportunity. But she soon found herself with many unexpected questions.  Guests and hosts: Ainslie Johnstone, data and science correspondent at The EconomistAmanda Pichini of Genomics EnglandEwan Birney of the European Bioinformatics InstituteAnneke Lucassen of the University of OxfordCarissa Véliz of the University of Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AIAlok Jha, The Economist's science and technology editor  Topics covered: Genomic sequencingData securityThe Generation Study by Genomics England Transcripts of our podcasts are available via economist.com/podcasts. Listen to what matters most, from global politics and business to science and technology—subscribe to Economist Podcasts+.
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  • The Economist.

  • You ready?

  • Yeah.

  • There'll have been an introduction at this point about...

  • Sequencing babies and all that kind of stuff.

  • Yeah, true.

  • For this week's podcast, I sat down with Ainsley Johnston, one of our science correspondents.

  • Yeah.

  • It's Ainsley's last week here at The Economist for a little while.

  • So I am pregnant.

  • Congratulations.

  • Thank you.

  • I've already said this to her already.

  • It's not the first time I'm finding out.

  • Yeah, you already knew.

  • So while I've been having my appointments in the hospital,