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111 - Space Genes (feat. Chris Mason)
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111 - Space Genes (feat. Chris Mason)

Space geneticist Chris Mason joins Jake to talk about what we've learned about human genes in space and what we can do to adapt our bodies to a life beyond Earth.

WeMartians Podcast

December 8, 202131m 20s

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Show Notes

Space is a dangerous and challenging environment for the human body, but we're not completely helpless against it. One way to adapt ourselves to space is to unlock the power of the human gene. Geneticist Dr Chris Mason joins Jake to talk about his book The Next 500 Years where he lays out the science behind gene therapy and how it can help us leave Earth to Mars and beyond.

We talk humans, genes and space

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