DNA Manipulation in Living Subjects

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

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🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Genetic Engineering and DNA alteration is an emerging technology with huge ramifications in the future, including potentially altering the DNA of adult humans, not just embryos or plants & animals. Watch the video verison: https://youtu.be/KKFhbHwaVFE Try Dashlane here: https://www.dashlane.com/isaacarthur Get 10% off now with my promo code: isaacarthur Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/dna-manipulation-in-living-subjects Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/dna-manipulation-in-living-subjects-narration-only Credits: DNA Manipulation in Living Subjects Episode 227; Feb 27, 2020 Writers: Isaac Arthur Editors: David Jackson Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Udo Schroeter Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:23.7	Genetic engineering holds the promise of one day fixing congenital health problems when the patient
0:29.0	is just a zygote.
0:30.4	But if you happen to already be older than a zygote, like I am, that doesn't necessarily
0:35.0	mean it's too late.
0:47.0	Yeah. am, that doesn't necessarily mean it's too late. Medicine has historically been something we put in our bodies, but what if we could alter
0:50.7	the body itself to heal or even improve ourselves?
0:54.6	Today we'll be talking about methods we might use to alter DNA in living organisms and why
0:59.6	we might want to do it and what challenges might emerge if we can.
1:04.2	I suppose the best place to begin is with the notion of design our babies.
1:08.7	A recurring worry about the future in genetics is that folks might decide to custom-make
1:13.1	their children for preferred traits and also for traits that don't even exist in modern
1:17.6	humans, tweaking your kid to be very good-looking, tall, smart, safe from any genetic disorders
1:23.5	and so on.
1:25.3	Scary idea in many ways, but we'll be showing today that with certain
1:29.1	technologies this doesn't have to be too scary. Unfortunately, it's also something we should
1:34.3	expect to see, and probably in at most two generations from now. Much like artificial
1:39.5	intelligence, it's not a problem for today, but it is one for tomorrow, not just the pages of science
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