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28. The Science of the Human Genome

Would you re-design yourself? Would you re-draw the very building blocks of your body and customi...

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11.50 17 Jun 2021


28. The Science of the Human Genome



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11.50 17 Jun 2021


Would you re-design yourself? Would you re-draw the very building blocks of your body and customise yourself as your vision of the ideal specimen of the human body? What if you had that option for your child? Over the decades scientists have been making huge advances in mapping the human genome, and with it opening up potentially major benefits, and major controversies, to the world. With the recent news that science has now almost entirely mapped the genome, Luke explores the human genome and designer DNA.

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