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One thing they'll writeon my tombstone is, "Told Jennifer Doudnaabout CRISPR-Cas." Like,...

One thing they'll write
on my tombstone is, "Told Jennifer Doudna
about CRISPR-Cas." Like, that will
be the sum of my life

Full Transcript

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One thing they'll write on my tombstone is,
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"Told Jennifer Doudna about CRISPR-Cas."
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Like, that will be the sum of my life.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:22
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
-I love things that not a lot of people - Human Nature 00:06
-I love things that not a lot of people
Not anymore, but-- but, you know, - Human Nature 00:04
Not anymore, but-- but, you know,
But then you always ask yourself, - Human Nature 00:13
But then you always ask yourself,
-We're biochemists in the lab. - Human Nature 00:04
-We're biochemists in the lab.
We study the way molecules work. - Human Nature 00:05
We study the way molecules work.
We try to isolate them from - Human Nature 00:07
We try to isolate them from
We love to ask, - Human Nature 00:15
We love to ask,
-When an invader shows up, - Human Nature 00:11
-When an invader shows up,
When the invader comes back, - Human Nature 00:19
When the invader comes back,
When Cas9 polices the intercellular neighborhood - Human Nature 00:17
When Cas9 polices the intercellular neighborhood
Do you contain an exact match - Human Nature 00:08
Do you contain an exact match
-The thing about Cas9 that struck me at the time - Human Nature 00:13
-The thing about Cas9 that struck me at the time
As a tool, right, you could immediately see - Human Nature 00:07
As a tool, right, you could immediately see
I will never forget - Human Nature 00:20
I will never forget
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,