Tinkering with genes is actually an ethical thing to do. [kondwani] i wanna know what breakthroughs are being made. Technologies like crispr are incredibly powerful. What were doing here is really the beginning of a true revolution. That will force the future too. That is incredible. Live genetic engineering. eerie staccato music dramatic electronic music prosthetic clicking water speckles robotic arm whirring electronic tone beeping my name is kondwani phiri. Im a genetic researcher. You could say, its in my blood. From an early age of about eight or nine or so, i had just a natural curiosity for the natural world. Cancer runs in my family. In fact, i lost my aunt to breast cancer. And that peaked my interests in genetics. Im fascinated by how the genes we inherit shape our biological destiny, including our health. I believe the key to treatments and cures for diseases like these, lies in explicit efforts to engineer human genes. But can we fix not only whats broken but also enhance o
Tinkering with genes is actually an ethical thing to do. [kondwani] i wanna know what breakthroughs are being made. Technologies like crispr are incredibly powerful. What were doing here is really the beginning of a true revolution. That will force the future too. That is incredible. Live genetic engineering. eerie staccato music dramatic electronic music prosthetic clicking water speckles robotic arm whirring electronic tone beeping my name is kondwani phiri. Im a genetic researcher. You could say, its in my blood. From an early age of about eight or nine or so, i had just a natural curiosity for the natural world. Cancer runs in my family. In fact, i lost my aunt to breast cancer. And that peaked my interests in genetics. Im fascinated by how the genes we inherit shape our biological destiny, including our health. I believe the key to treatments and cures for diseases like these, lies in explicit efforts to engineer human genes. But can we fix not only whats broken but also enhance o
[futuristic narrator] in the future, many people perform Health Checks by profiling their microbiomes at home. In real time, toothbrushes sequence the dna of billions of microbes in the digestive tract. The data is networked with appliances, allowing individuals to receive automatic daily food deliveries that are personalized for optimal health. This data also syncs with medication dispensers, which fine tune prescriptions to diversity the microbiome and boost the immune system. Since studies have shown that microbiome transplants can be used to transfer diseases from one animal to another, i wonder if this same technique could be used to cure disease as well. Im outside boston to meet carolyn edelstein. Her openbiome organization is combating a notorious bacteria, c. Dficile or c. Diff. Openbiome is helping fight this life threatening gut infection with a radical treatment, human fecal transplants. C. Diff or c. Difficile is the most coon hospital incurred infection in the u. S. , act
Tinkering with genes is actually an ethical thing to do. [kondwani] i wanna know what breakthroughs are being made. Technologies like crispr are incredibly powerful. What were doing here is really the beginning of a true revolution. That will force the future too. That is incredible. Live genetic engineering. eerie staccato music dramatic electronic music prosthetic clicking water speckles robotic arm whirring electronic tone beeping my name is kondwani phiri. Im a genetic researcher. You could say, its in my blood. From an early age of about eight or nine or so, i had just a natural curiosity for the natural world. Cancer runs in my family. In fact, i lost my aunt to breast cancer. And that peaked my interests in genetics. Im fascinated by how the genes we inherit shape our biological destiny, including our health. I believe the key to treatments and cures for diseases like these, lies in explicit efforts to engineer human genes. But can we fix not only whats broken but also enhance o
Tinkering with genes is actually an ethical thing to do. [kondwani] i wanna know what breakthroughs are being made. Technologies like crispr are incredibly powerful. What were doing here is really the beginning of a true revolution. That will force the future too. That is incredible. Live genetic engineering. eerie staccato music dramatic electronic music prosthetic clicking water speckles robotic arm whirring electronic tone beeping my name is kondwani phiri. Im a genetic researcher. You could say, its in my blood. From an early age of about eight or nine or so, i had just a natural curiosity for the natural world. Cancer runs in my family. In fact, i lost my aunt to breast cancer. And that peaked my interests in genetics. Im fascinated by how the genes we inherit shape our biological destiny, including our health. I believe the key to treatments and cures for diseases like these, lies in explicit efforts to engineer human genes. But can we fix not only whats broken but also enhance o