Matthew Cobb on As Gods

Leonard Lopate at Large on WBAI Radio in New York

(1-6-2022) Professor of Zoology at the University of Manchester and author of a number of history and history of science books examines As Gods, which traces the history of genetic engineering, showing that technology is far too important to be left to the scientists. They have the power to change life itself, but should they be trusted? Four times in the last fifty years, geneticists, frightened by their own technology, have called a temporary halt to their experiments. Now we have powers that can target the extinction of pests, change our own genes, or create dangerous new versions of diseases in an attempt to prevent future pandemics. Join us when biologist and historian Matthew Cobb examines As Gods and genetic engineering on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.