A revolution in gene editing enables scientists to create and edit DNA like never before. Premiering May 23, 2018 at 9 pm on PBS “It’s alive!” Since Dr. Frankenstein spoke those famous words, we’ve been alternately enthralled and terrified by the idea of creating life in the lab. Now, a […]
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Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly. OUR CHANNELS ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ German Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeDE Spanish Channel: https://kgs.link/youtubeES HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT […]
Carbon is the primary building block of all life on Earth. Without it, humans would have no DNA. What if we tried replacing human life with silicon instead of carbon. What would silicon-based humans look and act like? Transcript and sources: https://whatifshow.com/what-if-humans-were-silicon-based-instead-of-carbon-based/ 00:00 Silicon-based life 00:53 Carbon life 02:32 Weak […]
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CRISPR: The future or undoing of humanity? with Walter Issaacson Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink/featured Up next ►► The Ethics of Changing Human DNA Via Gene Editing, with Siddhartha Mukherjee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSy8KVXRgKM The idea of gene editing was once a thing of the future – but today it’s […]
