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Make People Better

A Chinese biophysicist disappears after developing the first designer babies, shocking the world and the entire scientific community, but an investigation shows he may not have been alone in his experiment to create "better" human...

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Cody Sheehy

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Diamond Docs

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1 win

Self - Associate Professor, Arizona State University

Self - Genetic Engineer, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzen, China

Self - Journalist, MIT Technology Review

Antonio Regalado

Self - Genomic pioneer, Harvard Medical School, MIT

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[dash of raindrops] - Make People Better

[dash of raindrops]

[glass clattering] - Make People Better

[glass clattering]

Okay, here's the thing, - Make People Better

Okay, here's the thing,

I cannot talk to journalists - Make People Better

I cannot talk to journalists

[indistinct] - Make People Better

[hospital din] - Make People Better

[news anchor] Authorities
in China have announced - Make People Better

[news anchor] Authorities in China have announced

[BeI didn't get the sense
you did this in secret, - Make People Better

[BeI didn't get the sense you did this in secret,

The investigators know - Make People Better

The investigators know

I can imagine
they're very worried - Make People Better

I can imagine they're very worried

[indistinct] - Make People Better

But I believe
families need this technology, - Make People Better

But I believe families need this technology,

The real world
makes people better. - Make People Better

The real world makes people better.

[knocking on door] - Make People Better

[knocking on door]

This is a highly sensitive
matter of national security. - Make People Better

This is a highly sensitive matter of national security.

[foreign dialogue] - Make People Better

[foreign dialogue]

He was last seen at the Human
Genome Editing conference - Make People Better

He was last seen at the Human Genome Editing conference

[melancholy music playing] - Make People Better

[melancholy music playing]

[dramatic music playing] - Make People Better

[dramatic music playing]

[Ben] So today
I'm gonna talk to you - Make People Better

[Ben] So today I'm gonna talk to you

A project that has long been
dreamed of and discussed, - Make People Better

A project that has long been dreamed of and discussed,

I'm Ben Hurlbut,
I'm an associate professor - Make People Better

I'm Ben Hurlbut, I'm an associate professor

I study
how science sits in relation - Make People Better

I study how science sits in relation

So the story
that I'm gonna tell you - Make People Better

So the story that I'm gonna tell you

He wanted to be
a kind of a defining project - Make People Better

He wanted to be a kind of a defining project

How we as a society
respond to advances - Make People Better

How we as a society respond to advances

These are the first
human beings born with genomes - Make People Better

These are the first human beings born with genomes

And the story
that very quickly took shape - Make People Better

And the story that very quickly took shape

So when JK
was taken into custody, - Make People Better

So when JK was taken into custody,

So he reached out to me - Make People Better

So he reached out to me

He wanted to tell
somebody outside of China - Make People Better

He wanted to tell somebody outside of China

[phone ringing] - Make People Better

[phone ringing]

[JK] For the first kids ever
in the human experiment, - Make People Better

[JK] For the first kids ever in the human experiment,

That's why I started
on the monkeys and mice. - Make People Better

That's why I started on the monkeys and mice.

[indistinct] - Make People Better

[Ben]
Will you speak to the press - Make People Better

[Ben] Will you speak to the press

[indistinct] this person,
everything's out of control. - Make People Better

[indistinct] this person, everything's out of control.

[city din] - Make People Better

[BriaWhat this means - Make People Better

[BriaWhat this means

There's lots of
science journalists out there, - Make People Better

There's lots of science journalists out there,

I tend to approach it more - Make People Better

I tend to approach it more

Some of these things
are just kind of controversial. - Make People Better

Some of these things are just kind of controversial.

[dramatic music playing] - Make People Better

[dramatic music playing]

So please make the most of it
for your business, - Make People Better

So please make the most of it for your business,

[Antonio] Eventually,
we're going to have - Make People Better

[Antonio] Eventually, we're going to have

[camera shutter clicks] - Make People Better

[camera shutter clicks]

Please join me
in welcoming to the stage, - Make People Better

Please join me in welcoming to the stage,

[Antonio] That's why I follow
around guys like George Church - Make People Better

[Antonio] That's why I follow around guys like George C...

[host] George is a Harvard PhD, - Make People Better

[host] George is a Harvard PhD,

He's been at the forefront of
human germline genetic editing, - Make People Better

He's been at the forefront of human germline genetic ed...

[George] Everything in every
body of every organism, - Make People Better

[George] Everything in every body of every organism,

And we finally have an ability
to edit those genes - Make People Better

And we finally have an ability to edit those genes

[computer beeping] - Make People Better

[computer beeping]

All kinds of amazing things - Make People Better

All kinds of amazing things

[Antonio] In the 1950s, - Make People Better

[Antonio] In the 1950s,

Figures like George Church
in the 1980s and into the 1990s - Make People Better

Figures like George Church in the 1980s and into the 1990s

At the same time, there's
development of CRISPR-Cas9 - Make People Better

At the same time, there's development of CRISPR-Cas9

Yet in much of the world
prohibitions were put in place - Make People Better

Yet in much of the world prohibitions were put in place

Making a CRISPR baby was
prohibited, it was prohibited. - Make People Better

Making a CRISPR baby was prohibited, it was prohibited.

And all the myths, you know, - Make People Better

And all the myths, you know,

The wealthy get it
and the others don't, so I... - Make People Better

The wealthy get it and the others don't, so I...

Some people will not
want to mess with nature, - Make People Better

Some people will not want to mess with nature,

[host] Is trying
to overcome disease, - Make People Better

[host] Is trying to overcome disease,

It only becomes arrogant - Make People Better

It only becomes arrogant

[Antonio] I mean, the future
can't come soon enough - Make People Better

[Antonio] I mean, the future can't come soon enough

We're talking about a new phase - Make People Better

We're talking about a new phase

[futuristic music playing] - Make People Better

[futuristic music playing]

-[phone keypad beeping]
-[line tone ringing] - Make People Better

-[phone keypad beeping] -[line tone ringing]

If you spend $1 million - Make People Better

If you spend $1 million

[indistinct] Gene editing
[indistinct] a problem - Make People Better

[indistinct] Gene editing [indistinct] a problem

[George] When we think
about the revolution - Make People Better

[George] When we think about the revolution

We're much more limited
by our past than our future. - Make People Better

We're much more limited by our past than our future.

About one in ten
of all couples - Make People Better

About one in ten of all couples

We have been able
to do some work - Make People Better

We have been able to do some work

This lady is 31 years old,
infertile for nine years... - Make People Better

This lady is 31 years old, infertile for nine years...

[Ben] Over the course - Make People Better

[Ben] Over the course

One of those was
the development of genetics, - Make People Better

One of those was the development of genetics,

[Patrick Steptoe] You are about
to see a historic birth - Make People Better

[Patrick Steptoe] You are about to see a historic birth

All our tests have shown - Make People Better

All our tests have shown

[Ben] The first baby produced - Make People Better

[Ben] The first baby produced

It was the first baby
born through IVF - Make People Better

It was the first baby born through IVF

[baby crying] - Make People Better

Producing embryos
that are then transferred back - Make People Better

Producing embryos that are then transferred back

The human embryo was something
that was hidden from view - Make People Better

The human embryo was something that was hidden from view

It took that process - Make People Better

It took that process

[Antonio] But how do you prove - Make People Better

[Antonio] But how do you prove

[Patrick Steptoe] This cry
of a baby is excellent - Make People Better

[Patrick Steptoe] This cry of a baby is excellent

[Antonio] But you can't
ever prove that it's safe - Make People Better

[Antonio] But you can't ever prove that it's safe

They just did it. [chuckles] - Make People Better

They just did it. [chuckles]

It is a multibillion-dollar
industry. - Make People Better

It is a multibillion-dollar industry.

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A Chinese biophysicist disappears after developing the first designer babies, shocking the world and the entire scientific community, but an investigation shows he may not have been alone in his experiment to create "better" human...

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Director: Cody Sheehy

Writer: Mark Monroe, Greg O'Toole, Cody Sheehy

Production: Diamond Docs

Genre: documentary

Year: 2022

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 30 Apr 2022

Awards: 1 win

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