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Sickle cell'sa really interesting, unusual genetic disease

Sickle cell's
a really interesting, unusual genetic disease

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-Sickle cell's a really interesting,
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unusual genetic disease.
Duration
5 seconds
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15
Timestamp in Movie
01:25:00
Uploaded
Jun 10, 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
If you've got two copies of the sickle gene, - Human Nature 00:07
If you've got two copies of the sickle gene,
If you've got two copies of the normal gene, - Human Nature 00:07
If you've got two copies of the normal gene,
It turns out, though, that if you've got - Human Nature 00:12
It turns out, though, that if you've got
You're not sick, - Human Nature 00:09
You're not sick,
Having a sickle gene is protective against - Human Nature 00:13
Having a sickle gene is protective against
-And that's why you see sickle cell anemia - Human Nature 00:11
-And that's why you see sickle cell anemia
The relationship between our genes and our environment - Human Nature 00:07
The relationship between our genes and our environment
"Thanks, little brothers..." - Human Nature 00:05
"Thanks, little brothers..."
-I think we have to have humility. - Human Nature 00:04
-I think we have to have humility.
Nature is one of the greatest inventors of all time. - Human Nature 00:04
Nature is one of the greatest inventors of all time.
What we can do is a very, very - Human Nature 00:07
What we can do is a very, very
Once it's into the cell, - Human Nature 00:05
Once it's into the cell,
-I don't know how, out of all the genes that you have, - Human Nature 00:09
-I don't know how, out of all the genes that you have,
But it does, apparently. - Human Nature 00:05
But it does, apparently.
You have to appreciate that this is a technology - Human Nature 00:09
You have to appreciate that this is a technology
We've never had the ability to change - Human Nature 00:10
We've never had the ability to change
It does make us really think deeply - Human Nature 00:06
It does make us really think deeply
-The things that make us most human - Human Nature 00:09
-The things that make us most human
Now, I want to be clear: - Human Nature 00:05
Now, I want to be clear:
But we are a very, very, very long way away - Human Nature 00:08
But we are a very, very, very long way away