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Lord Winston Opens NHEHS Science Week Rinda Naresh A lecture by Lord Robert
who probed him about the
Winston, world renowned
14-day rule for experimentation
fertility expert, provided an
on embryos, what it was like to
exciting introduction to Science
be a life peer in the House of
Week. As Professor of Science
Lords and whether he believed
and Society at Imperial, he and
gene-editing should be used for
his team performed the world’s
humans. To this, he wisely
first fallopian tube transplant and
replied that modifying humans
later founded the NHS IVF
would diminish the value of
programme. His group’s research
human life itself – a message that
has enabled families with a
resonated with both the
history of a particular genetic
scientists and non-scientists
disease to have children without
among us.
passing on these fatal illnesses by detecting them pre-implantation.
It was an incredible experience
Lord Winston is also famous for
to hear Lord Winston speak and
writing and producing TV shows
one that inspired his audience to
such as BBC’s Child of Our Time.
persevere with studying biology, or indeed, sparked a love of this
Years 8 to 10, 12 and 13 were able to listen to Lord Winston speak, and his talk about the cells of our body and our journey from gamete to adulthood captivated the entire assembly hall. Perhaps what made it so incredible was that Lord Winston managed to appeal to all students, even those not taking sciences. He
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answered some difficult questions from Notting Hill girls,
science.