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Reshaping Evolution

TED Radio Hour

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Sickle Cell Disease

Janifer daudna and emanuel charpentier's work earned them the nobell prize in chemistry. crisper cassinine molecule is being tested in over a dozen clinical trials, everything from sickle cell disease to beta phalisemia. Will genetic treatments become everyday procedures? Should they be used to eradicate disease, revive extinct species, even help us live longer? And how can we make sure these tools work for the benefit of all humankind?

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