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Gene genies: CRISPR’s critical moment

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The Economist

News, News & Politics

4.35K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

It is a Nobel-winning idea with untold promise in health care, agriculture and more. We examine what must change in order to capture those benefits. Asia’s love affair with gold has long been chalked up to cultural motives; our correspondent finds far more going on (10.45). And for all the draw of New Zealand’s verdant chill, lots of natives want out (17:58). 


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0:00.0

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1:00.8

The Economist.

1:08.0

Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. I'm Jason Palmer.

1:11.9

And I'm Rosie Bloor. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

1:22.8

Asia has always been a strong market for gold, but recent numbers really show just how strong it is.

1:29.3

We look past the cultural reasons for the love affair seeking the hard-nosed economic ones.

1:35.3

And you may think of New Zealand as a blissful Middle Earth awash with natural wonders.

1:42.3

But some New Zealanders are actually getting a bit sick of the

1:45.5

country and the number of emigrants is rising. Our correspondent finds out why. But first... Genes are the building blocks for all living things. By altering genetic code, you change an organism.

2:16.7

For decades, scientists have been trying to do

2:19.0

just that. But the techniques were often slow, expensive or imprecise.

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