Friday the 25th April, was World DNA Day. I’ve had a series of blogs that I’ve been playing around with for a while linked to what DNA is, how we look for and investigate it and how we are exploring DNA in our everyday lives. It felt like this was the time to put these blogs out there. Linked to this I’ve also had two books I’ve wanted to talk about that were set within worlds that have changed because of genetic testing and genetic manipulation. It was fun to share reviews of these in the context of talking about the current technology and scientific/ethical questions are to see what these fictional landscapes might add to the discussion. I hope you reading these as much as I enjoyed writing them.

Part One

Celebrating World DNA Day Part One: DNA is more than just a sequence of letters but how do we look for it?

Part Two

Celebrating World DNA Day Part Two: The Power of DNA – Why we need to know more before sending ours away

Part Three

World DNA Day Book Review: Discussing the science behind The One by John Marrs

Part Four

World DNA Day Book Review: Talking DNA editing in Upgrade by Blake Crouch

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