• Making Sick Human Cells Glow with Felipe Navarro & Nika Kobetic | Episode 39

  • Jun 20 2024
  • Length: 57 mins
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Making Sick Human Cells Glow with Felipe Navarro & Nika Kobetic | Episode 39

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    Advancements in Genetic Engineering have opened a wide avenue for new approaches to medical imaging. In this exciting episode, Rodney sat with two postgraduate students at The Technical University of Munich, Felipe Navarro and Nika Kobetic. They are taking part in iGEM Competition this year in Paris, France. Their project involves working on RNA that will make sick human cells glow, opening a huge array of eventualities to the future of medical imaging.

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    00:00 Genetic Engineering Capabilities
    02:39 Intro
    04:35 Background Information
    07:50 What is the iGEM competition?
    12:16 RNA-based recording
    22:10 What is CRISPR
    28:45 Why RNA and not DNA
    32:22 What is Epigenetics
    33:30 Feasibility of CRISPR worldwide
    38:11 Ethical Considerations for CRISPR
    43:42 Biggest myths in synthetic biology
    49:55 Future of Synthetic Biology
    54:55 Mendelian Genetics

    iGEM: https://igem.org

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