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Sir Mark Walport - Director, Wellcome Trust

Sir Mark Walport - Director, Wellcome Trust

The Interview vor 14 Jahren

Stephen Sackur talks to Sir Mark Walport the Director of the Wellcome Trust.

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In a special edition of Hardtalk, recorded in front of an
audience in the village of Portmeirion in North Wales, Stephen
Sackur talks to Sir Mark Walport the Director of the Wellcome
Trust.

One of the world's most important funding institutions for
biomedical research, it distributes close to a billion dollars'
worth of grants every year.

Much of it goes to cutting edge genetic research which promises
to transform human healthcare, but also raises profound ethical
questions.

Our scientific knowledge is expanding but what about the wisdom
with which we use it?