Biology 2.0 - Making Evolution Evolve

The twentieth century brought an unexpected breakthrough for biology. Discovering the DNA helix opened new doors to a better and promising future for humanity. One of the consequences of this discovery was also a shift in biological research itself, a sort of upgrade, which seems to lead to a revolution in the discipline: biology 2.0, synthetic biology. As one of the respondents of the documentary called Biology 2.0 says, it is science in which we learn by making things and then observing the consequences. Biological engineering is a source of potential progress and a solution to many of our problems which can have, under certain circumstances, an unforeseen aftermath. We can change the structure of living organisms through purposeful alterations in their DNA, however, we cannot predict or intentionally choose the final form or function of the organism. We have learned how to exploit and transform evolution for our own benefit, but we still ignore its original purpose. (Academia Film Olomouc)