Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deal With It | 20180824 | Prof Jonathan Ball concludes his survey of the new disruptive biotechnologies. Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society. | |
| DIY | 20180822 | Prof Jonathan Ball meets the people trying DNA and Gene therapy on themselves. Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society. | |
| DIY | 20180822 | 20211130 (R4) | Prof Jonathan Ball meets the people trying DNA and Gene therapy on themselves. Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society. |
| Just Like That | 20180821 | Prof Jonathan Ball finds out just how easy it has become to sequence a genome and edit it. Matt Loose and Chris Denning helpfully demonstrate the cheapness and practical simplicity of a USB connected DNA sequencer and the clever potion that is CRISPR/Cas-9 editing technique.
What once took $3bn and earned a presidential congratulation, can now be done in a hotel room with a laptop and a coffee machine.
Presenter: Prof. Jonathan Ball
Jonathan Ball finds out just how easy it has become to sequence a genome and edit it. Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society. | |
| Just Like That | 20180821 | 20211123 (R4) | Prof Jonathan Ball finds out just how easy it has become to sequence a genome and edit it. Matt Loose and Chris Denning helpfully demonstrate the cheapness and practical simplicity of a USB connected DNA sequencer and the clever potion that is CRISPR/Cas-9 editing technique.
What once took $3bn and earned a presidential congratulation, can now be done in a hotel room with a laptop and a coffee machine.
Presenter: Prof. Jonathan Ball
Jonathan Ball finds out just how easy it has become to sequence a genome and edit it. Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society. |
| Pass it On | 20180823 | What would biohacking, entrepreneurship and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing mean for an unregulated IVF industry?
Using CRISPR to gene edit human embryos has already been done for research, but so far no such embryo has been implanted in a human mother. It works in animals, even primates. But for human beings, unresolved technical problems such as cell mosaicism and off-target edits worry mainstream scientists enough to keep the research away from the clinic. But would it worry everybody?
Presented by Jonathan Ball
Prof Jonathan Ball looks at unnervingly-cheap ways to gene edit human embryos. Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society. | |
| Stirring It Up | 20180820 | Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society. | |
| Stirring It Up | 20180820 | 20211116 (R4) | Prof Jonathan Ball explores new genetic technologies and how they might change society. |