Science thriller Helix: Ethics and genetic engineering in focus!

Science thriller Helix: Ethics and genetic engineering in focus!

Bielefeld, Deutschland - On January 8, 2025, the scientific thriller “Helix” will be broadcast in the first at 8:15 p.m., and the film is already available in the media library. The film deals with the ethical questions of genetic engineering and is based on Marc Elsberg's bestseller. Directed by Elmar Fischer, while the line -up of Svenja Jung, Hannes Jaenicke, Samuel Finzi, Marie Bloching and Ugur Kaya.

«Helix» addresses the opportunities and risks of modern research, in particular the CrisPR/CAS method, which enables the targeted cutting of DNA and removing genes. This method was awarded by two researchers who received the Nobel Prize in 2020. Hannes Jaenicke plays the Environment and Economic Minister Richard Bauer, who collapses during a press conference. Personal protection officer Helen Schilling, represented by Svenja Jung, suspects an attack and gets into a plot about power struggles in gene research and its ethical limits.

intrigue and family challenges

The main character Helen and her sister Paula, played by Marie Bloching, also fight with a genetically inheritable disease. Paula, who appears as an environmental activist, is in danger. Helen is looking for non -legal therapy with Prof. Wöllner, embodied by Samuel Finzi to meet her desire to have children. Svenja Jung describes the exciting link between the two storylines in the film.

The CrisPR-CAS9 technology is a central theme of the film. This innovative method for genome editing changes the genome of organisms and has a variety of applications that range from plant breeding to the treatment of human diseases. According to das-wissen.de , Crispr-Cas9 offers high precision and efficiency in the processing of genomes. It enables specific genes to identify, edit or insert new genes.

However, the technology also raises ethical questions, in particular with regard to the possibility of changing human genetic resources and the creation of "designer babies". There are also concerns about the germination edition that can pass on genetic changes to future generations. Therefore, a responsible and ethical application of the technology is essential to control the associated risks.

Overall, “Helix” not only illuminates exciting thriller elements, but also stimulates to deal with current issues of genetic engineering, which are increasingly becoming the focus of society.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien