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What is it that we have to turn on and off in our genome
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Unnatural Selection

What is it that we have to turn on and offin our genome to have this ability?

What is it that we have to turn on and off
in our genome to have this ability?

Full Transcript

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What is it that we have to turn on and off in our genome
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to have this ability?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:53
Uploaded
Jun 06, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
Radley Studios,Reel Peak Film,Twist & Turn Films

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Movie Summary

DNA, the very essence of life, can now be altered. Not only by Harvard geneticists and multi-billion dollar corporations, but also by renegade biohackers working out of their garages.
S01 • E01 We are learning how to copy, edit, paste DNA, - Unnatural Selection 00:09
We are learning how to copy, edit, paste DNA,
S01 • E03 There is no malaria without mosquito. - Unnatural Selection 00:04
There is no malaria without mosquito.
S01 • E03 We have eliminated malaria from Europe thanks to the insecticides. - Unnatural Selection 00:05
We have eliminated malaria from Europe thanks to the insecti...
S01 • E01 What we see here is a chicken embryo - Unnatural Selection 00:06
What we see here is a chicken embryo
S01 • E03 However, you need to sustain this effort - Unnatural Selection 00:06
However, you need to sustain this effort
S01 • E01 This experiment entailed just adding one factor, one gene, - Unnatural Selection 00:15
This experiment entailed just adding one factor, one gene,
S01 • E03 You need a lot of, uh, support. You need a lot of money. - Unnatural Selection 00:05
You need a lot of, uh, support. You need a lot of money.
S01 • E03 It's a bit sad to say, - Unnatural Selection 00:07
It's a bit sad to say,
S01 • E03 Now, in the lab, we have gene-drive mosquitoes - Unnatural Selection 00:05
Now, in the lab, we have gene-drive mosquitoes
S01 • E01 We will not need to ask another person, - Unnatural Selection 00:13
We will not need to ask another person,
S01 • E03 Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on the planet, - Unnatural Selection 00:08
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal on the planet,
S01 • E03 Not only malaria, - Unnatural Selection 00:05
Not only malaria,
S01 • E01 Eventually, if your kidney is damaged, - Unnatural Selection 00:07
Eventually, if your kidney is damaged,
S01 • E01 We can fix mutations, can repair broken genes, - Unnatural Selection 00:06
We can fix mutations, can repair broken genes,
S01 • E03 But they are very... terrestrial. - Unnatural Selection 00:04
But they are very... terrestrial.
S01 • E01 I will target a neuron - Unnatural Selection 00:07
I will target a neuron
S01 • E03 We inject CRISPR that we engineered in the lab - Unnatural Selection 00:12
We inject CRISPR that we engineered in the lab
S01 • E03 Once you get your first transgenic mosquito, - Unnatural Selection 00:05
Once you get your first transgenic mosquito,
S01 • E01 By using the Cas9 system, - Unnatural Selection 00:08
By using the Cas9 system,
S01 • E03 This is the brain, the optical nerve, and-- and the eyes. - Unnatural Selection 00:05
This is the brain, the optical nerve, and-- and the eyes.