Transcript details
Futures in Biotech
25: From the Human Genome Project to Space Exploration with Dr. George Church (Part I)
- Broadcast:4/10/2007
- Length:57:19 mins
- Item:1551
- Author:TWiT
- Genre:Science
- Type:Interview
Explore the world of genetics, cloning, protein folding, genome mapping, and more with the most important researchers in biotech. Hosted by Marc Pelletier.
Dr. George Church, Professor of Genetics and Director of the Center for Computational Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA. Topics include the search for life on Mars, the expanding toolset of synthetic biology and how many people's genomes have been mapped to-date.
Sample excerpt
It may turn out that it's easier to detect DNA than it is to detect organic molecules [on Mars], because ... there's an exquisite sensitivity to PCR.
