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Human Nature

The prospect is, to me, awesome in its potentialfor deliverance or equally for disaster

The prospect is, to me, awesome in its potential
for deliverance or equally for disaster

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The prospect is, to me,
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awesome in its potential for deliverance
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or equally for disaster.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:00
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
You want to squeeze my hand? - Human Nature 00:04
You want to squeeze my hand?
Relax your toes. - Human Nature 00:04
Relax your toes.
-Being in the hospital isn't scary to me. - Human Nature 00:05
-Being in the hospital isn't scary to me.
Having a certain new problem isn't scary to me anymore - Human Nature 00:08
Having a certain new problem isn't scary to me anymore
My blood just does not like me very much, I guess. - Human Nature 00:05
My blood just does not like me very much, I guess.
Your red cells are supposed to be round - Human Nature 00:07
Your red cells are supposed to be round
Mine are half-moon-shaped, sickle-shaped, - Human Nature 00:11
Mine are half-moon-shaped, sickle-shaped,
Yeah, so he just needs a tune-up - Human Nature 00:06
Yeah, so he just needs a tune-up
Why are you crying?" - Human Nature 00:18
Why are you crying?"
-It's often called the first molecular disease. - Human Nature 00:04
-It's often called the first molecular disease.
It's caused by a single change in the DNA sequence. - Human Nature 00:05
It's caused by a single change in the DNA sequence.
It's the letter A changed to a letter T. - Human Nature 00:04
It's the letter A changed to a letter T.
-And that mutation causes a kink in the protein - Human Nature 00:06
-And that mutation causes a kink in the protein
If your folding structure of a protein is disrupted, - Human Nature 00:07
If your folding structure of a protein is disrupted,
It causes the red blood cell - Human Nature 00:07
It causes the red blood cell
-It becomes very stiff, and it can't squeeze through - Human Nature 00:17
-It becomes very stiff, and it can't squeeze through
In Africa, the life expectancy - Human Nature 00:09
In Africa, the life expectancy
In the U.S., it's the early to mid-40s. - Human Nature 00:04
In the U.S., it's the early to mid-40s.
What do you say to a kid that their life is gonna be-- - Human Nature 00:08
What do you say to a kid that their life is gonna be--
Makes me very nervous. - Human Nature 00:06
Makes me very nervous.