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02 - Designer DNA
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02 - Designer DNA
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00:00:12,190What you're looking at is the fertilization of a human egg
00:00:12,190What you're looking at is the fertilization of a human egg
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00:00:13,530with a sperm cell.
00:00:13,530with a sperm cell.
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00:00:18,120There's nothing new about that. It happens all the time in fertility clinics.
00:00:18,120There's nothing new about that. It happens all the time in fertility clinics.
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00:00:20,410But there's something different happening.
00:00:20,410But there's something different happening.
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00:00:26,290That needle is also delivering a tiny tool that will change the embryo's DNA.
00:00:26,290That needle is also delivering a tiny tool that will change the embryo's DNA.
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00:00:28,920A new technology called...
00:00:28,920A new technology called...
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00:00:30,050CRISPR. CRISPR.
00:00:30,050CRISPR. CRISPR.
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00:00:32,670CRISPR. A revolutionary technology that can...
00:00:32,670CRISPR. A revolutionary technology that can...
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00:00:36,590Edit DNA with incredible precision.
00:00:36,590Edit DNA with incredible precision.
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00:00:39,810To get why this is such a big deal, consider this:
00:00:39,810To get why this is such a big deal, consider this:
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00:00:44,140life has existed on this planet for nearly four billion years.
00:00:44,140life has existed on this planet for nearly four billion years.
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00:00:52,40099.99% of that time passed before Homo sapiens showed up.
00:00:52,40099.99% of that time passed before Homo sapiens showed up.
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00:00:57,450And then for 99.9% of human history,
00:00:57,450And then for 99.9% of human history,
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00:01:00,740we, too, were oblivious to the genetic code
00:01:00,740we, too, were oblivious to the genetic code
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00:01:03,540tucked inside the cells of all living things.
00:01:03,540tucked inside the cells of all living things.
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00:01:07,670In fact, it's just in the last 65 years,
00:01:07,670In fact, it's just in the last 65 years,
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00:01:09,000a single lifetime,
00:01:09,000a single lifetime,
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00:01:11,710that we've figured out how DNA works,
00:01:11,710that we've figured out how DNA works,
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00:01:14,050built machines that could read it,
00:01:14,050built machines that could read it,
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00:01:17,010and then tools that could rewrite it.
00:01:17,010and then tools that could rewrite it.
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