Know yourself (genes and all) - a podcast by Mary Kay Magistad

How much privacy would you give up for a shot at better health and a longer life? How about pooling data from your genome? And if your genome could tell you what might be coming — cancer, Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis — would you want to know? Might you go so far as to seek to get that gene edited out? New technologies make much of this possible; scientists are weighing the risks, rewards and ethical considerations. This take on the subject comes from a recent gathering of top geneticists from around the world at BGI in the southern Chinese city, Shenzhen.

Further episodes of Whose Century Is It?: Ideas, trends & twists shaping the world in the 21st century

Further podcasts by Mary Kay Magistad

Website of Mary Kay Magistad