Medicine's Big Breakthrough: Editing Your Genes

Jun 06, 2016 on BBC One at 8:30 PM

Summary

Panorama looks at the breakthrough that could change the lives of everyone and everything on the planet. Gene editing is revolutionising medical research and could deliver new treatments - even cures for a host of diseases. It also gives scientists c... (more)ontrol over evolution, allowing genetic changes to be forced through species. But some are worried about letting the gene genie out of the bottle.

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