Biokemisk teknik

För första gången i mänsklighetens historia kan vi nu gå in i våra gener och ändra i deras sammansättning. För sin upptäckt av gensaxen CRISPR belönades biokemiforskaren Jennifer Doudna med Nobelpriset. Genredigeringen innebär stora möjligheter för oss att kunna bota svåra sjukdomar, bekämpa pandemier och få friskare barn. Men samtidigt måste vi sätta gränser för hur långt vi kan gå med denna revolutionerande teknik. Hamnar tekniken i fel händer och utnyttjas för tvivelaktiga syften kan det få förödande konsekvenser för oss alla.

I Livets kod berättar den internationellt bästsäljande biografen Walter Isaacson om hur vårt liv förändras i grunden genom tillgången till denna revolutionerande teknik – och om den kvinna som knäckte koden.

Den nya genteknikens framväxt har gått i rasande fart. När de första genmodifierade barnen föddes i Kina 2018 blev det tydligt att mänskligheten stod inför möjligheter som vi förut bara fantiserat om. Med gensaxen crispr kan vi troligen bestämma våra barns egenskaper och slippa sjukdom och åldrande. Men det finns också risker. Hur ska vi hantera de nya verktygen som kan förändra vår arvsmassa?

Vetenskapsjournalisten Torill Kornfeldt har rest över hela världen för att träffa människorna som driver utvecklingen. Hon har besökt exklusiva fertilitetskliniker i Sydkorea, cancerläkare i Kina som experimenterar på obotligt sjuka patienter och bio-hackers i amerikanska storstäder som vill göra den nya tekniken tillgänglig för alla. I Människan i provröret undersöker hon vilka konsekvenser de senaste årens framsteg har fått och vad som väntar runt hörnet. 

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