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It was clearly a useful tool, and I--initially I was thinkingabout it that way, right?

It was clearly a useful tool, and I--initially I was thinking
about it that way, right?

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It was clearly a useful tool,
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and I--initially I was thinking about it that way, right?
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6 seconds
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22
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:43
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sandbox Films,News and Guts Films,The Wonder Collaborative

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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
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.
This could really cure a patient. - Human Nature 00:07
This could really cure a patient.
-I think it's gonna help a lot of people, - Human Nature 00:10
-I think it's gonna help a lot of people,
And I know so many other people - Human Nature 00:07
And I know so many other people
He...uh, had leukemia. - Human Nature 00:05
He...uh, had leukemia.
He actually--he didn't make it out of the hospital. - Human Nature 00:04
He actually--he didn't make it out of the hospital.
If he had it just a little bit later, - Human Nature 00:10
If he had it just a little bit later,
-CRISPR has, really, the ability - Human Nature 00:09
-CRISPR has, really, the ability
It's really a universal tool. - Human Nature 00:04
It's really a universal tool.
-We have thousands of customers - Human Nature 00:12
-We have thousands of customers