With the ability to manipulate DNA we’re now shaping our own evolution and DNA is also revealing the million-year story of Homo Sapiens and the many other human species who’ve walked the earth.

If you could live forever would you choose to do it? Art, science and religion provide us with different solutions to our mortality. In this final Boyer lecture Professor John Rasko cautions against over-reach and the temptation to play God.

Gene and cell therapy and the search for immortality and DNA revealing human evolution.

Sports agencies test athletes for performance enhancing drugs but how do they test for DNA manipulation? Gene technology could potentially be used to improve stamina and make athletes faster and stronger.

Genetic and cell therapy holds much promise but Professor John Rasko cautions against the overblown claims for stem cells and the risk of scientific fraud in the race to capitalize on bio-technology.

The problem of scientific fraud and overblown claims for stem cells and DNA doping in elite sport.

Gene therapy can make you healthier and live longer. But scientists can also make the next generation stronger, taller, slimmer or smarter. How should we use the power we have over life?

We can now add and edit our genes, reinventing ourselves at the most basic level. But improving health is just one option, genetic enhancement is now a reality. How far should be go with manipulating life?

We can now add and edit our genes, reinventing ourselves at the most basic level.

CRISPR makes genetic manipulation far easier and more precise. Should we be worried?