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Human Nature / Gene-Editing Reality Check

NOVA

Run Time: 55 mins

Air Date: Wed, 9 Sept 2020

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PBS

Season 47 - Episode 9

Human Nature / Gene-Editing Reality Check

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With an extraordinary new technology called CRISPR, we can now edit DNA—including human DNA. But how far should we go? Gene-editing promises to eliminate certain genetic disorders like sickle cell disease. But the applications quickly raise ethical questions. Is it wrong to engineer soldiers to feel no pain, or to resurrect an extinct species?

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