DIY Biology is the concept of taking what were until recently high-end lab technologies and techniques and having a go at home, in the garage or in the growing number of "Biohacking" spaces around the world. Many of the activities being undertaken are about education and fun. Some others are more ambitious; looking at changing the ways we grow and police future foods for example. But there are increasing concerns around the idea of gene editing of human beings in an unregulated, untested, therapeutic underworld. Prof Jonathan Ball, who has worked in genetic engineering since its early days, explores how these trends might affect all of us, and very soon.
In the first episode he investigates who is doing it and what their motivations might be.
Stirring It Up
Biohacking
DIY Biology is the concept of taking what were until recently high-end lab technologies and techniques and having a go at home, in the garage or in the growing number of "Biohacking" spaces around the world. Many of the activities being undertaken are about education and fun. Some others are more ambitious; looking at changing the ways we grow and police future foods for example. But there are increasing concerns around the idea of gene editing of human beings in an unregulated, untested, therapeutic underworld. Prof Jonathan Ball, who has worked in genetic engineering since its early days, explores how these trends might affect all of us, and very soon.
In the first episode he investigates who is doing it and what their motivations might be.
Presenter: Prof Jonathan Ball
Producer: Alex Mansfield. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bfxw6n
episodes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bgt47l/broadcasts/2018/08
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https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/expertiseguide/life-sciences/professor-jonathan-ball.aspx
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/life-sciences/people/patrick.mcclure
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/people/dr-jack-stilgoe
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https://people.epfl.ch/luc.henry/bio?lang=en&cvlang=en
http://wiki.hackuarium.ch/w/Main_Page
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