Other

BBC World Service Online

Business Daily

Factual: Money

The daily drama of money and work from the BBC.

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service South Asia

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Business Daily: The DNA sequencing revolution

Bulletins

kakapo resize.jpg

04/05/2022 GMT

The DNA sequencing revolution

BBC World Service - Business Daily, The DNA sequencing revolution

The fast and portable DNA sequencers that are transforming conservation and medicine.

The fast and portable DNA sequencers that are transforming conservation for birds like the endangered Kakapo parrot and speeding up diagnosis and treatment for human medicine.

Fast and portable genome testing is unlocking the secrets to ourselves and the environment we live in.

It's impact could lead us to fundamentally remake our approach to medicine, agriculture, the environment, conservation and our selves.

In this episode we hear from Dr Lara Urban, a geneticist studying the kakapo in New Zealand, Dr Gordon Sanghera, CEO of Oxford Nanopore Technologies and Professor Anna Schuh, professor of molecular diagnostics at the Department of Oncology at Oxford University and visiting professor at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania.

Presenter / Producer: David Reid
Photo: Kakapo; Credit: Liu Yang

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Business Daily

The DNA sequencing revolution

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service