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Human Nature

I will never forget reading the last paragraphof Jennifer Doudna's and Emmanuelle...

I will never forget reading the last paragraph
of Jennifer Doudna's and Emmanuelle Charpentier's
deservedly-- "immortal" is a strong word,
so I'm gonna use it carefully-- immortal science paper in which they describe
that Cas9 can be directed

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I will never forget
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reading the last paragraph of Jennifer Doudna's
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and Emmanuelle Charpentier's deservedly--
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"immortal" is a strong word, so I'm gonna use it carefully--
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immortal science paper
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in which they describe that Cas9 can be directed.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:05
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sandbox Films,News and Guts Films,The Wonder Collaborative

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Movie Summary

A breakthrough called CRISPR opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. A provocative exploration of its far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it
Cas9 cuts DNA based on an instruction that it carries, - Human Nature 00:13
Cas9 cuts DNA based on an instruction that it carries,
-RNA, I think about it as DNA's chemical cousin. - Human Nature 00:05
-RNA, I think about it as DNA's chemical cousin.
Like DNA, it has four letters, - Human Nature 00:11
Like DNA, it has four letters,
The letters in the RNA allow Cas9 - Human Nature 00:08
The letters in the RNA allow Cas9
Bacteria were programming this thing all the time - Human Nature 00:09
Bacteria were programming this thing all the time
But because it's using these little RNA molecules, - Human Nature 00:08
But because it's using these little RNA molecules,
RNA molecules are trivial to make - Human Nature 00:07
RNA molecules are trivial to make
And I can cut any DNA I want just by changing this-- - Human Nature 00:06
And I can cut any DNA I want just by changing this--
It was clearly a useful tool, - Human Nature 00:06
It was clearly a useful tool,
I was thinking about all the cool experiments - Human Nature 00:05
I was thinking about all the cool experiments
I wasn't thinking about, - Human Nature 00:12
I wasn't thinking about,
In my left hand here, I have purified Cas9 nuclease, - Human Nature 00:14
In my left hand here, I have purified Cas9 nuclease,
It's actually millions of Cas9 molecules, - Human Nature 00:08
It's actually millions of Cas9 molecules,
I have to say it didn't immediately hit me - Human Nature 00:11
I have to say it didn't immediately hit me
You know, it was real. - Human Nature 00:05
You know, it was real.
You can actually use CRISPR in humans to change DNA. - Human Nature 00:05
You can actually use CRISPR in humans to change DNA.
Here's a copy of a human gene. - Human Nature 00:05
Here's a copy of a human gene.
You give it to Cas9 and put it inside human cells. - Human Nature 00:06
You give it to Cas9 and put it inside human cells.
It runs away, finds that DNA, and cuts it. - Human Nature 00:04
It runs away, finds that DNA, and cuts it.
-Before CRISPR, we were getting 1% to 2% correction. - Human Nature 00:05
-Before CRISPR, we were getting 1% to 2% correction.