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Make People Better

And we finally have an abilityto edit those genes to make them what we want by changing...

And we finally have an ability
to edit those genes to make them what we want by changing it
with a synthetic piece of DNA to be exactly what we want

Full Transcript

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And we finally have an ability to edit those genes
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to make them what we want
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by changing it with a synthetic piece of DNA
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to be exactly what we want.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
61
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:59
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Diamond Docs

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Movie Summary

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...
[computer beeping] - Make People Better 00:12
[computer beeping]
All kinds of amazing things - Make People Better 00:06
All kinds of amazing things
[Antonio] In the 1950s, - Make People Better 00:09
[Antonio] In the 1950s,
Figures like George Church in the 1980s and into the 1990s - Make People Better 00:14
Figures like George Church in the 1980s and into the 1990s
At the same time, there's development of CRISPR-Cas9 - Make People Better 00:15
At the same time, there's development of CRISPR-Cas9
Yet in much of the world prohibitions were put in place - Make People Better 00:11
Yet in much of the world prohibitions were put in place
Making a CRISPR baby was prohibited, it was prohibited. - Make People Better 00:05
Making a CRISPR baby was prohibited, it was prohibited.
And all the myths, you know, - Make People Better 00:10
And all the myths, you know,
The wealthy get it and the others don't, so I... - Make People Better 00:05
The wealthy get it and the others don't, so I...
Some people will not want to mess with nature, - Make People Better 00:09
Some people will not want to mess with nature,
[host] Is trying to overcome disease, - Make People Better 00:12
[host] Is trying to overcome disease,
It only becomes arrogant - Make People Better 00:13
It only becomes arrogant
[Antonio] I mean, the future can't come soon enough - Make People Better 00:06
[Antonio] I mean, the future can't come soon enough
We're talking about a new phase - Make People Better 00:07
We're talking about a new phase
[futuristic music playing] - Make People Better 00:05
[futuristic music playing]
-[phone keypad beeping] -[line tone ringing] - Make People Better 00:21
-[phone keypad beeping] -[line tone ringing]
If you spend $1 million - Make People Better 00:10
If you spend $1 million
[indistinct] Gene editing [indistinct] a problem - Make People Better 00:11
[indistinct] Gene editing [indistinct] a problem
[George] When we think about the revolution - Make People Better 00:15
[George] When we think about the revolution
We're much more limited by our past than our future. - Make People Better 00:06
We're much more limited by our past than our future.