Professor Matthew Cobb presents 'Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares' on Radio 4
19 Jul 2021
New three part series focuses on fifty years of genetic engineering
Professor Matthew Cobb (Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health) hosts a new series on Radio 4 that looks at fifty years of genetic engineering.
Over the course of three episodes the series will tell the story of the discovery of genetic engineering in the 1970s, along with the creation of GM crops and in more recent years, the dreams and nightmares around CRISPR genetically engineered humans and gene drives in nature.
The Series airs on Tuesday, 20 July at 11.00am with subsquent episodes at the same time on 27 July and 3 August. All episodes will be available to listen to afterwards on BBC iplayer.