All in Ethics
Professor Turi King led the genetic identification on the remains of King Richard III in a carpark in Leicester. We chat about what that experience was like, the ethics of sequencing long-dead humans and who should be involved in those ethical decisions.
Discover how bio-inspired artists Paul Vanouse and Heather Dewey-Hagborg are incorporating DNA into their work.
Researchers are uncovering the secrets of legends like Da Vinci, Beethoven and Van Gogh by sequencing DNA from historical artefacts and living relatives.
Modern-day DNA technology is helping to solve the ancient problem of art forgery.
Kira Dineen discusses what Chris Hemsworth’s APOE gene findings mean, her role as a genetic counsellor, and the pros and cons of direct-to-consumer genetic tests.
Gunes Taylor discusses how CRISPR/Cas9 technology may be used in agriculture, livestock and human health.
Ruth Garde is the creative producer behind Cut+Paste a hands-on exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute that aims to explore the ethical issues around gene editing and gather the public’s views about how this technology should be used.
Robin Lovell-Badge discusses why genome editing regulations and ethical approval decisions should not be left up to scientists alone.
Kat Arney interviews authors Amy Webb, who spends her time digging into the technologies that are changing the world, and Andrew Hessel, a geneticist who comes from the frontiers of genomic science, about their new book The Genesis Machine.
When it comes to advances in genetics tech, what’s actually possible, versus scaremongering science fiction? What’s coming fast down the pipeline that we need to know and think about? And how - and who - decides how this stuff should be regulated?
The Russian ruler is somewhat paranoid about his health, or more importantly, keeping it a private matter. So it shouldn’t come as much of a shock to hear that Putin is also fastidious about something else: his faeces. We hold our nose as we dive into the world of excrement espionage and why you might not want your droppings to drop into enemy hands…
Dr Sally Le Page chats with cardiologist Dr Rohin Francis, from the YouTube channel MedLife Crisis, about the groundbreaking operation this year transplanting a genetically modified pig heart into a human, and the ethics of such a procedure.
Dr Kat Arney chats with Professor Angelika Schnieke from the Technical University of Munich about how we create genetically modified pigs suitable for producing organ transplants for humans, and how we can avoid getting more than we bargained for from pigs.
Krystal Tsosie joins us to discuss why Native American genomes are of such interest to modern geneticists, and how Indigenous researchers are working to take ownership of the field.
Adam Rutherford discusses his new book, Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics, plotting the history of the eugenics movement, from its early days through to today.
