"Ben Hammersley … investigates the promise of personal genetic testing, the questions it raises about the future of medicine and what it says about the place of science in society" — http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/analysis/7777110.stm
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Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, talks about his research on cancer and his career in genetics.
This lecture is part of the 2009 Cambridge Science Festival.
Tyler Jacks is the David H. Koch Professor of Biology and a leading researcher in the genetics of cancer. Jacks was named the 2005 Simon M. Shubitz Lecturer and Award recipient, and shared the 2005 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer Research awarded by the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
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Wildfires what’s the global future? Cystic Fibrosis Gene discovery 20 years on, genetics and our agricultural past, how will scientists stop the disappearance of America’s giant redwoods trees?
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Recently, attacks on international networks have targeted the computers used by both the Dalai Lama’s followers and the US power grid: Reporter and web expert Ben Hammersley assesses how serious these threats really are, how well protected the UK is against foreign cyber war and asks whether we should be developing our own aggressive military ‘botnet’ for use in future conflicts.