Name: The age of genetic wonder
Uploaded: 2019-02-15T15:44:36Z
Duration: 17 min 56 s
Description: Gene-editing tools like CRISPR enable us to program life at its most fundamental level. But this raises some pressing questions: If we can generate new species from scratch, what should we build? Should we redesign humanity as we know it? Juan Enriquez forecasts the possible futures of genetic editing, exploring the immense uncertainty and opportunity of this next frontier.

Gene-editing tools like CRISPR enable us to program life at its most fundamental level. But this raises some pressing questions: If we can generate new species from scratch, what should we build? Should we redesign humanity as we know it? Juan Enriquez forecasts the possible futures of genetic editing, exploring the immense uncertainty and opportunity of this next frontier.

Juan Enriquez: The age of genetic wonder

The age of genetic wonder

Gene-editing tools like CRISPR are not just rewriting the code of life but are ushering us into a new era of genetic wonder.

Synthetic Genomics is revolutionizing industry by creating programmable life forms, predicting a future where biology meets fabrication.

As we venture into redesigning species, including potentially humans, ethical debates intensify on the boundaries of genetic editing.