Make the Snake

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

A team of researchers led by Axel Visel at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has replaced part of a mouse's DNA—a small sequence known as ZRS— with the equivalent sequence from a snake. That tiny change was enough to “serpentize” the mouse, to stop it from developing any limbs. Jeff and Anthony discuss the ramifications of these gene modifiers, and what it could mean for our future.

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0:43.0	This is We Have Concerns. Hi, Jeff Canada.
0:45.0	Hi, I'm the Nick Carbony.
0:46.0	Hello, concerned citizens.
0:48.0	Hey, there is a team of researchers led by a fellow named Axel Vicell at Lawrence
0:53.1	Berkeley National Laboratory that are turning mice into snakes.
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1:01.0	You mean there's a viseer hanging out at that university?
1:05.0	Turning mice into snakes.
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