#533 - Matthew Cobb - Should We Genetically Edit Human Life?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Matthew Cobb is a zoologist, professor of zoology at the University of Manchester and an author.

Genetic engineering has given humans the ability to modify crops to be resistant to disease and synthesise insulin without needing to kill and extract it from animals. But what are its dangers? Especially in a world where CRISPR and human gene editing is just around the corner.

Expect to learn whether we can select and edit embryos to increase IQ or athletic abilities, the biggest close calls we've faced with bioweapon leaks from labs, why there has been 4 complete stops on genetic engineering worldwide when the research community has got scared at what they've discovered, the dark truth behind those two Chinese gene edited girls and much more...

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show. My guest today is Matthew Cobb, he's a zoologist,
0:06.1	professor of zoology at the University of Manchester, and an author.
0:10.5	Genetic engineering has given humans the ability to modify crops to be resistant to disease
0:15.2	and synthesise insulin without needing to kill and extract it from animals.
0:19.3	But what are the dangers? Especially in a world where CRISPR and human engineering is just around
0:23.8	the corner. Expect to learn whether we can select and edit embryos to increase IQ or athletic
0:29.5	abilities. The biggest close calls we faced with bio-weapons leaks from labs, why there has been
0:35.1	four complete stops on genetic engineering worldwide when the research community has got scared
0:40.7	what they've discovered, the dark truth behind those two Chinese gene edited girls, and much more.
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