85. Bad People x Bad Blood
Dr Adam Rutherford joins Julia to discuss the controversial history of gene editing and Eugenics.
In November 2018 Chinese scientist Dr He Jiankui made a big announcement; he had illegally βeditedβ the DNA of Chinese twin girls Lulu and Nana in an attempt to prevent them from contracting HIV. The news made global headlines and the scientific community reacted with horror. But why is it so controversial to mess with our genes?
Dr Julia Shaw is joined by geneticist Dr Adam Rutherford to discuss the dangers of gene editing and how it relates to Nazism and the dark history of trying to breed βbetter peopleβ, the subject of Adamβs ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 series Bad Blood: The History of Eugenics.
CREDITS
Presenters: Dr Julia Shaw and Dr Adam Rutherford
Producer: Laura Northedge
Assistant Producer: Hannah Ward
Editor: Anna Lacey
Music: Matt Chandler
Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins
Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland
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Clip: The He Lab βAbout Lulu and Nana: Twin Girls Born Healthy After Gene Surgery As Single-Cell Embryosβ
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Bad People
True crime stories and insights into why people do bad things.
