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Human Nature

We are correctingthe sickle mutation in blood cells

We are correcting
the sickle mutation in blood cells

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We are correcting the sickle mutation
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in blood cells.
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7 seconds
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13
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:53
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
So if it's a woman, their eggs are not corrected. - Human Nature 00:04
So if it's a woman, their eggs are not corrected.
That change will not get passed along to future generations. - Human Nature 00:04
That change will not get passed along to future generations.
So they will be cured, - Human Nature 00:05
So they will be cured,
Now we need to give the cell another piece of DNA, - Human Nature 00:10
Now we need to give the cell another piece of DNA,
So why not just do it so that the disease gene - Human Nature 00:07
So why not just do it so that the disease gene
And there's some people out there who think - Human Nature 00:04
And there's some people out there who think
But we may be creating things - Human Nature 00:07
But we may be creating things
-When we engineer gene changes - Human Nature 00:19
-When we engineer gene changes
They're part of what we call, "the germ line." - Human Nature 00:10
They're part of what we call, "the germ line."...
They're passed to his son and forever. - Human Nature 00:05
They're passed to his son and forever.
My colleagues and I wrote a fairly strongly worded piece - Human Nature 00:20
My colleagues and I wrote a fairly strongly worded piece
Don't use edited sperm and eggs to make human embryos, - Human Nature 00:05
Don't use edited sperm and eggs to make human embryos,
We must understand that - Human Nature 00:10
We must understand that
The debate that's being had - Human Nature 00:06
The debate that's being had
Should you be allowed to make - Human Nature 00:09
Should you be allowed to make
The gene pool, - Human Nature 00:05
The gene pool,
I used to have a T-shirt, and it had a little-- - Human Nature 00:07
I used to have a T-shirt, and it had a little--
But he was the lifeguard and he's blowing a whistle - Human Nature 00:08
But he was the lifeguard and he's blowing a whistle
Imagine being able to program the IQ of a baby. - Human Nature 00:04
Imagine being able to program the IQ of a baby.
Will we be sitting at computer terminals like this one - Human Nature 00:09
Will we be sitting at computer terminals like this one