Cloned pigs at BGI experimental cloning lab Shenzhen, China
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Excerpt of Bregtje van der Haak's documentary DNA Dreams.
What if we could identify the genes that contain information about human intelligence? Would a brave new world of improved human beings be waiting for us? This new world is now in the making in China’s Pearl River Delta.
The documentary DNA Dreams delves into the heart of bio-science in China, exploring the lifestyles and beliefs of a new generation of young scientists in Shenzhen.
The film follows 18-year old Zhao Bowen, high school drop-out and leader of the Cognitive Genomics Group at BGI, who uses the most powerful DNA sequencers in the world to analyze the DNA of 2,000 highly gifted children and compare it to their average peers. His goal: to find the genetic basis of intelligence.
While European and American scientists have been struggling with ethical guidelines and budget cuts for years, the Chinese government taps enthusiastically into the new opportunities provided by the fusion of biology and information technology. Genomics center BGI has recently become the leading DNA facility in the world. It now employs 4,000 bio-informaticians with an average age of 24, producing numerous patents and publications in leading magazines like Science and Nature.
Directed by 25-year old Lin Lin, BGI’s cloning lab and experimental farm outside of Shenzhen produces cloned pigs at an unprecedented scale. Deeply in love with her work, Lin Lin feels ‘like a mother’ to the piglets that are conceived under her microscope. Some have been manipulated genetically to shine a fluorescent light in the dark
The documentary shows us some traces of a future that is already here and takes a closer look at ‘data driven science’ as a fundamental shift in the global production of knowledge. Are we entering a new zone, where the code of life has been deciphered and life is no longer left to chance?
Director: Bregtje van der Haak
Cinematographer: Jean Charles Counet, NSC
Editor: Maasja Ooms, Patrick Minks
Producer: Brigit Dopheide for VPRO Television
Sound: Joris van Ballegoijen
Commissioning editor: Barbara Truyen
(C) 2012 VPRO
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I read an article about BGI on the wired magazine. Very interesting but surprised to see that this is the only youtube video about it.
05:55 … ‘’You’re better than nature.’’ If this is about hyper intelligent people … … I prefer to stay foolish :-)… … and hold nature as my teacher. Thanks for opening my eyes … … for what’s going on in our world.
Time-separated twinning is the form of cloning that could be safely used in the current setup. Surprisingly, there is a strong evidence for high heritability of IQ (as high as 75% according to Minnesota reared twins study). And there is a higher concordance for the longevity among monozygothic (MZ) twins. If you are interested to see what time-separated twining can do to prevent Mendelian and complex diseases, please google "Time-separated twinning" and follow the first couple of links.
Omg what is to stop them cloning people