Genomics
Planning for Aotearoa's genomic medicine future
If the future of healthcare is personalised genomics, how can we ensure that it is used to lessen inequities, rather than strengthen them? This week, Our Changing World speaks to two of the co-leaders… Audio
Our Changing World: Improving New Zealand's wellbeing with genomics
The age of personalised medicine is coming. Claire speaks to two researchers building a culturally safe genomic database for Aotearoa, which they hope will enable this health revolution. Audio
Genome sequencing and the pandemic
Genome sequencing has become a household term during this pandemic. This week, we explore how it became an important tool in the fight against Covid-19. Audio
Our Changing World for 12 November 2020
The invention of a woven bassinet to save babies' lives & a geneticist seeking to understand plants & animals have won awards at the 2020 Research Honours Aotearoa. Audio
Precision gene editing: a new approach
Since it was first discovered 4 years ago, the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas 9 has shown potential in its ability to remodel our DNA and correct genetic abnormalities associated with health… Audio
New tech simplifies DNA sequencing for primary sector
Improvements to DNA sequencing technology will be able to help researchers solve genetic problems faster in animals, plants and other organisms, a Palmerston North scientist says.
An embryonic heart defect was fixed with gene editing – so what now?
A genetic heart disorder has been fixed using gene editing in human embryos. We assess how this week's big science story could impact New Zealand. Audio
Synthetic life – can we build it?
At a recent conference in New York, 250 scientists from 10 countries discussed the ethics of creating genomes. They also pitched ideas, including plants that can sniff out explosives and microbes that… Audio
Koala genome
Veronika Meduna meets wildlife geneticist Rebecca Johnson to discuss how genomics can help with efforts to protect the koala. Audio
Making sense of the code of life
BBC broadcaster Adam Rutherford discusses how genomics is changing how we think about medicine, agriculture, conservation and even our relationship to our nearest evolutionary cousins, the… Audio
Andrew Digby: kakapo genomics and conservation
Former astronomer who became captivated with conservation when he came to New Zealand in 2006, and is now the scientist on the Kakapo Recovery team, providing advice to guide the conservation of the… Audio
Hairy elephants and transgenic aphids
University of Otago geneticists Peter Dearden and Neil Gemmell continue their discussion of the gene editing tool CRISPR and its use in genomics, conservation and de-extinction. Audio
The CRISPR dilemma
CRISPR is the new buzzword in genetics, and University of Otago geneticists Peter Dearden and Neil Gemmell discuss the potential benefits and risks of the new gene editing tool. Audio
99 Lives
Professor Leslie Lyons of the University of Missouri is leading the 99 Lives project, a plan to sequence the domestic cat gene in order to fight the diseases that are affecting them, and us. Audio