• Bio artificial organs from 2010–2020
• Anti-ageing drugs by 2014
• Development of stem-cell-based tissue engineering to cure
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s by 2015–2025
• Organ regeneration by 2030
• Integration between neurons and silicon chips – to provide super senses – sight and sound first
• Gene therapy to enhance non-pathological traits by 2010–2020
• Genetic-based diagnostics, predictive, and preventative technologies –
e.g. gene slicing to cure overactive genes by 2019

In some areas the benefits are clear, but other possibilities raise complex ethical questions. Today’s secondary school students will live in a world populated by questions their forbearers have never had to consider.

What do we need to do to prepare students to negotiate their way through these issues successfully?