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

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.

Timestamp:
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