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61 George Church - Hacking Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria

61 George Church - Hacking Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria

FromInquiring Minds


61 George Church - Hacking Mosquitoes to Fight Malaria

FromInquiring Minds

ratings:
Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Nov 21, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On the show this week guest host Cynthia Graber talks to George Church—a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School and the author of Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves. Church explains how, using cutting-edge genetic manipulation techniques, we may be able to help eradicate some of the world's worst diseases.
Cynthia and Church also talk about everything from HIV/AIDS research to efforts to engineer an animal that will closely resemble the long-extinct woolly mammoth.
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Released:
Nov 21, 2014
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Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Each week Inquiring Minds brings you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science, politics, and society collide.We’re committed to the idea that making an effort to understand the world around you though science and critical thinking can benefit everyone—and lead to better decisions. We endeavor to find out what’s true, what’s left to discover, and why it all matters with weekly coverage of the latest headlines and probing discussions with leading scientists and thinkers.