From Mendel's peas to personal genome sequencing, Genetics Unzipped brings you stories from the world of genes, genomes and DNA. In association with The Genetics Society.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 15 hours 48 minutes
Genetics Shambles 9: The ethics of genetics
Whenever the topic of genetics is mentioned this is always a question of ethics not far behind. Whether that is in Stem Cell research, genetic modification or even basic healthcare.
episode 22: Past Present and Future of the Human Genome Project
with Dr Eric Green, director of the US National Human Genome Research Institute
Genetics Shambles 8: New genetic technologies
Genetic technologies are improving all the time - and, by pure chance, just hours before we went live with this show it was announced that Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna had won the 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry for their work with CRISPR and the technology of genome editing.
Genetics Shambles 7: COVID expert panel 3
Every couple of months we gather a new panel of experts for a Q&A on where things are at with our current understanding of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With so much misinformation out there it’s important that you, the public and viewers, get a change to ask a panel of experts directly and unfiltered. For this, volume 3 of our COVID-19 Q&As Robin is joined by three experts...
Genetics Shambles 6: Dealing with pathogens
Bacteria are all around us, and inside us. Some of these of these are fine, even good, but others are pathogens and cause disease. How do they evolve and how are we learning to cope with them through new research. And are we in danger of a new age of antibiotic resistance? Robin Ince is joined by three experts in the field...
episode 19: Making Babies and Getting Organised
Celebrating Hilde Mangold and Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
Genetics Shambles 5: The evolution of cancer
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in humans globally. But the catch all term of ‘cancer’ is often misunderstood. So what exactly is this cell disease that impacts so many of our lives? How long has it been around? How does it spread? What is our current understanding of its evolution and genetics? And the big question many of us have, where are we at with our fight against it? Robin Ince is joined by three experts in the field...