Science advanced a lot the last years in research and usage of the human genes.. However, a lot of questions still remain: the information stored in our genome: is it ours or does it belong to world heritage? Which would be the advances in fields like medicine if it would be possible to have access to all genomes of all people?
What was recently science fiction is already reality. For example, companies are already using genetic information in order to detect if an unborn child has genetic deseases. There are also other projects like the idea to reconstruct the genome from geniuses like Leonardo Da Vinci or to create a genome database to fight against terrorism.
On our next #TEDxBarcelonaSalon on June 7th we will debate about the privacy of our genes and the resulting possibilities. In order to prepare yourself for the discussion we recommend you to watch this TED Talk from Riccardo Sabatini in which he explains how to read the genome and to build a human.
Comerç 60
Barcelona, Barcelona (ca), 08003
Spain
- Event type:
- Salon (What is this?)
Speakers
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Oscar Flores
CEO of Made of Genes
Flores es Ingeniero Informático, Doctor en Biomedicina (UB 2014) y MBA (ESADE 2015). Tras realizar un doctorado sobre biología computacional fundó Made of Genes, una compañía de genómica personal que ha recibido numerosos reconocimientos en su corta trayectoria, incluyendo el premio a la mejor startup digital por IBM en el Startups Connect 2015.Organizing team
