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Over the course of the second halfof the 20th century, there have beentwo powerful...

[Ben] Over the course of the second half
of the 20th century, there have been
two powerful revolutions in human biology which are now converging

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[Ben] Over the course
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of the second half of the 20th century,
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there have been two powerful revolutions
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in human biology
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which are now converging.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:51
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...
One of those was the development of genetics, - Make People Better 00:10
One of those was the development of genetics,
[Patrick Steptoe] You are about to see a historic birth - Make People Better 00:07
[Patrick Steptoe] You are about to see a historic birth
All our tests have shown - Make People Better 00:10
All our tests have shown
[Ben] The first baby produced - Make People Better 00:14
[Ben] The first baby produced
It was the first baby born through IVF - Make People Better 00:08
It was the first baby born through IVF
[baby crying] - Make People Better 00:12
[baby crying]
Producing embryos that are then transferred back - Make People Better 00:08
Producing embryos that are then transferred back
The human embryo was something that was hidden from view - Make People Better 00:09
The human embryo was something that was hidden from view
It took that process - Make People Better 00:09
It took that process
[Antonio] But how do you prove - Make People Better 00:06
[Antonio] But how do you prove
[Patrick Steptoe] This cry of a baby is excellent - Make People Better 00:07
[Patrick Steptoe] This cry of a baby is excellent
[Antonio] But you can't ever prove that it's safe - Make People Better 00:07
[Antonio] But you can't ever prove that it's safe
They just did it. [chuckles] - Make People Better 00:14
They just did it. [chuckles]
It is a multibillion-dollar industry. - Make People Better 00:05
It is a multibillion-dollar industry.
I'm at the American Society - Make People Better 00:06
I'm at the American Society
This year's theme is Reproduction Re-imagined. - Make People Better 00:06
This year's theme is Reproduction Re-imagined.
The groundwork for what we're talking about - Make People Better 00:10
The groundwork for what we're talking about
And the ultimate point of convergence - Make People Better 00:10
And the ultimate point of convergence
[baby crying] - Make People Better 00:09
[baby crying]
[foreign dialogue] - Make People Better 00:05
[foreign dialogue]