Take a step back from noisy political debates and tune in to rich conversations on India and the world. The Pragati Podcast is a weekly talkshow on public policy, economics and international relations. Science-geek-turned-policy-wonk Pavan Srinath talks to scholars and experts on everything from Ind… read more
What does it mean to edit someone's genes? Is Malaria in its last days? What is CRISPR, if not a startup that makes chips?
Shambhavi Naik and Madhav Chandavarkar are guests on Episode 24 of the Pragati podcast to they explain the recent revolution in gene editing. Cures for blood cancers, hornless cattle & impotent mosquitoes - new technologies are promising a lot of things, while the fear of Eugenics and designer babies is never far away. Hosts Hamsini Hariharan and Pavan Srinath talk to them about how gene editing tech can be governed, and what it would take to do great work in India.
Shambhavi, Madhav and their colleagues have also published a framework to govern gene editing in India . Do check it out.
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The Pragati Podcast is on a break for the last week of December, and is back on January 4, 2018. Happy holidays!
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