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Human Nature

You can think of it likea cursor in Microsoft Word

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a cursor in Microsoft Word

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You can think of it like a cursor in Microsoft Word.
Duration
5 seconds
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40
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:49
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
In Word, if you have a document where you edit, - Human Nature 00:06
In Word, if you have a document where you edit,
In DNA, wherever you make a cut - Human Nature 00:10
In DNA, wherever you make a cut
So if you wanted to use that capability - Human Nature 00:15
So if you wanted to use that capability
-How were we gonna do that? - Human Nature 00:05
-How were we gonna do that?
We need something that cuts only one gene - Human Nature 00:06
We need something that cuts only one gene
-There were just such serious blocks in the way. - Human Nature 00:06
-There were just such serious blocks in the way.
So it looked like it was gonna be a long road - Human Nature 00:09
So it looked like it was gonna be a long road
David's doctor told me, "Just hold on. - Human Nature 00:04
David's doctor told me, "Just hold on.
There's something coming." - Human Nature 00:12
There's something coming."
It was put on by a Russian guy - Human Nature 00:06
It was put on by a Russian guy
-But they had a lot of good people there, - Human Nature 00:16
-But they had a lot of good people there,
This is going to allow human genome engineering - Human Nature 00:06
This is going to allow human genome engineering
I mean, - Human Nature 00:07
I mean,
-Well, I'll tell you the story that I know. - Human Nature 00:04
-Well, I'll tell you the story that I know.
Microbial genome sequencing started sometime in the 1990s. - Human Nature 00:05
Microbial genome sequencing started sometime in the 1990s.
See--okay, so unraveling the DNA code of organisms of life. - Human Nature 00:05
See--okay, so unraveling the DNA code of organisms of life.
It's a relatively recent part of biology, - Human Nature 00:09
It's a relatively recent part of biology,
They're amazingly highly evolved entities - Human Nature 00:11
They're amazingly highly evolved entities
Clustered regularly interspaced - Human Nature 00:07
Clustered regularly interspaced
-There really wasn't much precedence - Human Nature 00:10
-There really wasn't much precedence