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>> theres viruses. theres hijacking your immune system. but currently the technology is not i think really good enough. we need to make ways that are much safer, that dont result in problems like your immune system going crazy -- >> shutting down? >> exactly. we dont want that. >> no. >> were going to show you how we make the dna. all life comes from four chemicals. theres an a, c, theres a t, and theres a g. we take code sent us and we turn it into physical a, t, c, g strands that can be run in...

>> so if your partner has it and you were to have another child -- >> my kid could have it. >> yeah. >> how would i change that gene? >> well look at the hexasequence here and look at the particular mutation. heres the error. >> wow. >> literally thats the one letter thats wrong? >> yes. its a screw-up. were going to print out the correct copy. >> thats nuts. how would i get that into my body to fix that problem? >> theres viruses. theres hijacking your immune system. but currently the technolog...

Onset is about six months. >> wow. >> so if your partner has it and you were to have another child -- >> my kid could have it. >> yeah. >> how would i change that gene? >> well look at the hexasequence here and look at the particular mutation. heres the error. >> wow. >> literally thats the one letter thats wrong? >> yes. its a screw-up. were going to print out the correct copy. >> thats nuts. how would i get that into my body to fix that problem? >> theres viruses. theres hijacking your immune ...

C, t, g strands that can be run inside of cells. >> synthetic dna is already being used to treat or prevent disease. but costs are extremely high. it can cost billion os correctly print human dna. >> if you want to turn on the laser. >> austin hines has figured out a way to do it on the cheap. >> fire the laser, ejecting it into a collection plate. >> so each shot of the laser -- >> is $100. >> the falling prices means printing man made dna could be available to anyone who wants it it. >> would ...