This episode is all about the technological innovations from the world of Gattaca. Gattaca was shot in the late 90’s, a time when the world of genomics was exploding, scientists were trying to map the human genome and everyone had grand ideas about what the future of personalised medicine and gene therapy would look like. In this episode Manon tells Lance all about where the current technology is at. Are designer babies a possibility? What does it mean to be able to sequence the human genome and where are we in terms of eradicating genetic diseases?

This is the final episode for the season. Thanks for listening. BYEEEEE

Intro Music by Woody Rolph.

Links:

https://theconversation.com/gene-editing-needs-to-become-more-precise-to-live-up-to-its-promise-123845

https://theconversation.com/designer-babies-wont-be-common-anytime-soon-despite-recent-crispr-twins-108342

https://theconversation.com/how-a-scientist-says-he-made-a-gene-edited-baby-and-what-health-worries-may-ensue-107764

https://theconversation.com/should-we-edit-the-genomes-of-human-embryos-a-geneticist-and-social-scientist-discuss-100355

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07559-8

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07559-8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52jOEPzhpzc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1AINMKV0ztaqMoJQIeo5yvXu9qXKCX6XRY9hAaNUngSTnyiZdFuy_oys0&ab_channel=MicrobiologySociety