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They're sayingmaybe one day with CRISPR, they could go in and change the gene in the...

They're saying
maybe one day with CRISPR, they could go in and change the gene in the embryo so that the kid,
when it's born, doesn't have sickle cell

Full Transcript

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They're saying maybe one day with CRISPR,
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they could go in and change
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the gene in the embryo
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so that the kid, when it's born,
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doesn't have sickle cell.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
01:24:02
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 guess that's kind of cool, that they're thinking - Human Nature 00:12
I guess that's kind of cool, that they're thinking
There's a lot of things that I learned having sickle cell - Human Nature 00:06
There's a lot of things that I learned having sickle ce...
I learned patience with everyone. - Human Nature 00:05
I learned patience with everyone.
I learned, uh, - Human Nature 00:05
I learned, uh,
-Sickle cell's a really interesting, - Human Nature 00:05
-Sickle cell's a really interesting,
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