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Make People Better

Eventually,we're going to have perfect control of the genome, and then we'll reallybe...

[Antonio] Eventually,
we're going to have perfect control of the genome, and then we'll really
be able to create people to whatever design we want

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[Antonio] Eventually, we're going to have
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perfect control of the genome,
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and then we'll really be able to create people
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to whatever design we want.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:00
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...
[camera shutter clicks] - Make People Better 00:07
[camera shutter clicks]
Please join me in welcoming to the stage, - Make People Better 00:09
Please join me in welcoming to the stage,
[Antonio] That's why I follow around guys like George Church - Make People Better 00:06
[Antonio] That's why I follow around guys like George C...
[host] George is a Harvard PhD, - Make People Better 00:08
[host] George is a Harvard PhD,
He's been at the forefront of human germline genetic editing, - Make People Better 00:12
He's been at the forefront of human germline genetic ed...
[George] Everything in every body of every organism, - Make People Better 00:10
[George] Everything in every body of every organism,
And we finally have an ability to edit those genes - Make People Better 00:12
And we finally have an ability to edit those genes
[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