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The Gene Gap: Common threads

The Gene Gap: Common threads

Released: 2020-02-19
© 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.
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4 Episodes
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4 Episodes
Audio
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Released: 2020-02-19
© 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved.
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Episode 1: what does it mean to be human?

Episode 1: what does it mean to be human?

In the first episode of our podcast series, we look at how DNA and identity interact. Does DNA make us who we are? And what does it mean to be different in a world that strives for perfection?
Time: 36:50
Gene editing technologies such as Crispr-Cas9 have the capability to rewrite our DNA and change life as we know it. In this new series, we spoke to people around the UK who could be touched by the new technology. In this first episode, we look at how DNA and identity interact. Does DNA make us who we are? What if we were to change that? And what does it mean to be different in a world that strives for perfection?
Episode ID: 1000466076334
GUID: 5e4a96448f0811db2faf9382
Release Date: 19/02/2020, 13:00:03

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Gene editing technologies have the power to change life as we know it. So why aren’t more people involved in conversations about how we should use it? This was the central question of the Guardian's Gene Gap project. And the key motivation for this new podcast series, which features five different communities around the UK and the conversations they had about a technology that could, one day, allow us to rewrite our DNA

Apple Podcasts: Customer Reviews

2020-02-27

NO VOICES OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN ADVERT

The adverts for this podcast solely feature parents of people with a disability or chromosome disorders. How has no one seen how wrong this is?!
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