Community conversation at People Plus

Are you a Neanderthal? Should we bring back extinct species? What can you learn from your DNA? pgEd’s Dana Waring is looking forward to hosting a  lively conversation about the most exciting news from the ever-changing field of genetics at People Plus in Brunswick Maine. In this accessible and fun discussion, we will explore how people are using genetic testing to learn about themselves, their health, and their ancestry. In addition to personal knowledge gleaned from DNA, we will also look at some social questions related to genetics, such as law enforcement, privacy and workplace discrimination, and de-extinction, which is a movement to use genetic engineering techniques to bring back extinct animals such as the passenger pigeon or even the woolly mammoth.