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Designer life discussion

 DESIGNER LIFE: SCOTLAND’S NEXT INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?

Professor Ben Davis, Professor Joyce Tait, Dr Jim Haseloff and Richard Holloway

Featuring renowned chemist and synthetic biology expert Prof. Ben Davis (Oxford University) and Dr. Jim Haseloff, researcher and lecturer in synthetic biology (Cambridge University) with Prof. Joyce Tait, Innogen Centre (Edinburgh University) and Richard Holloway, former Bishop of Edinburgh, this debate explored the potential of synthetic life and the ethical questions it raises.

The debate was chaired by Quentin Cooper, BBC Science Presenter

Supported by:

Accompanying interview on BBC Radio 4 "Material World" with Quentin Cooper in a report from the Edinburgh International Science Festival 

He explores the progress that has been made towards creating artificial life and the ethical questions it raises.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ryl03#synopsis