CRISPR's next advance is bigger than you think | Jennifer Doudna

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🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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You've probably heard of CRISPR, the revolutionary technology that allows us to edit the DNA in living organisms. Biochemist and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Jennifer Doudna earned the Nobel Prize for her groundbreaking work in this field -- and now she's here to tell us about its next world-changing advancement. She explains how her team at the Innovative Genomics Institute is pioneering a brand new field of science -- precision microbiome editing -- that uses CRISPR in an effort to solve seemingly insurmountable problems like asthma, Alzheimer's and climate change. (This ambitious idea is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
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0:14.1	You probably have heard of CRISPR, the revolutionary technology that allows us to precisely
0:19.1	edit genes.
0:21.0	Biochemist Jennifer Doudna earned the Nobel Prize for her groundbreaking work in Genome Engineering.
0:27.2	And in her Ted 2023 talk, she illuminates our understanding of this tool which can work
0:32.6	as a scalpel for an entire microbiome after a short sponsor message.
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