Bioscience - Research Through innovative Technologies 2018

During the 20th century, we managed to push back death. In 1900, the average life expectancy was 31, today plenty of people live to be 100. The question is how to ensure it stays that way. Cancer is on the increase, and lifestyle choices and antimicrobial resistance also affect how long we live. Perhaps next generation sequencing can help keep us healthy.

In April 2003, one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of modern times was announced. After years of painstaking research carried out by thousands of dedicated scientists across the world, the complete genetic code of a human being – their genome – could be published.

At this year’s BioScience event, we take a closer look at the results of the “100,000 Genomes Project”, and we ask: are we getting any closer to gene editing?