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Human Nature

We just didn't have the tools to make that single letterchange in a precise fashion

We just didn't have the tools to make that single letter
change in a precise fashion

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We just didn't have the tools
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to make that single letter change in a precise fashion.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:09
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
-Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA for short, - Human Nature 00:08
-Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA for short,
Each living thing has its unique DNA - Human Nature 00:08
Each living thing has its unique DNA
If we understood the structure of genes, - Human Nature 00:14
If we understood the structure of genes,
The work that Paul Berg did, - Human Nature 00:06
The work that Paul Berg did,
This dream of gene therapy - Human Nature 00:12
This dream of gene therapy
The hope is that the isolation of the gene - Human Nature 00:06
The hope is that the isolation of the gene
Scientists are working on genetic cures - Human Nature 00:06
Scientists are working on genetic cures
A, T, A, G, C... - Human Nature 00:04
A, T, A, G, C...
-The idea behind gene therapy is really simple: - Human Nature 00:05
-The idea behind gene therapy is really simple:
Then they'll make the protein that works, - Human Nature 00:04
Then they'll make the protein that works,
Right now, we have the ability - Human Nature 00:10
Right now, we have the ability
-If you put a gene into a cell, - Human Nature 00:07
-If you put a gene into a cell,
-Conventional gene therapy - Human Nature 00:07
-Conventional gene therapy
So imagine taking this century-long narrative, - Human Nature 00:11
So imagine taking this century-long narrative,
The change you are creating is not a controlled one. - Human Nature 00:04
The change you are creating is not a controlled one.
The gene went into the wrong place - Human Nature 00:10
The gene went into the wrong place
You know, you always think that what you know - Human Nature 00:13
You know, you always think that what you know
The technology was just too clumsy - Human Nature 00:07
The technology was just too clumsy
It became very, very clear to us - Human Nature 00:09
It became very, very clear to us
I worked at this company called Sangamo Biosciences. - Human Nature 00:04
I worked at this company called Sangamo Biosciences.