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NOVA Episode 47.09 Human Nature / Gene-Editing Reality Check
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NOVA Episode 47.09 Human Nature / Gene-Editing Reality Check

Episode Premiere
September 9, 2020
Genre
Documentary
Production Company
GBH
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Episode Premiere
September 9, 2020
Genre
Documentary
Period
1974 -
Production Co
GBH
Distributor
PBS
Official Site
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
Director
Adam Bolt
Screenwriter
Adam Bolt
Additional Cast
  • Robert Sinsheimer
  • David Baltimore
  • George Church
  • Jennifer Doudna
  • Rodolphe Barrangou

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?