DNA

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of DNA.

Video playlists about DNA

How does DNA work?

7 talks • 1h 57m
Your DNA makes you, you -- but how does it work? These talks explore what we know about the genome, the unique genetic sequence that makes up life as we know it.

Talks about DNA

13:21

Oded Shoseyov

How we're harnessing nature's hidden superpowers

Posted Sep 2016
13:04

Sebastian Kraves

The era of personal DNA testing is here

Posted Sep 2016
4:49 Under 6 minutes

Prosanta Chakrabarty

Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish

Posted Jun 2016
12:25

Jennifer Kahn

Gene editing can now change an entire species — forever

Posted May 2016
15:28

Riccardo Sabatini

How to read the genome and build a human being

Posted Apr 2016
14:49

Juan Enriquez

We can reprogram life. How to do it wisely

Posted Apr 2016
15:53

Jennifer Doudna

How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA

Posted Oct 2015
14:53

David Epstein

Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger?

Posted Apr 2014
15:35

Wendy Chung

Autism — what we know (and what we don't know yet)

Posted Apr 2014
4:56 Under 6 minutes

Gabe Barcia-Colombo

My DNA vending machine

Posted Mar 2014
17:36

Michael Archer

How we'll resurrect the gastric brooding frog, the Tasmanian tiger

Posted Jun 2013
14:40

Francis Collins

We need better drugs — now

Posted Mar 2013
11:20

Tyler DeWitt

Hey science teachers — make it fun

Posted Feb 2013
10:08

Ellen Jorgensen

Biohacking — you can do it, too

Posted Jan 2013
13:57

Hadyn Parry

Re-engineering mosquitos to fight disease

Posted Jan 2013
16:25

Emma Teeling

The secret of the bat genome

Posted Oct 2012
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