My Chat with Dr. Fyodor Urnov, On the Use of CRISPR to Tackle Human Diseases (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_297)

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🗓️ 11 October 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Topics covered include CRISPR (gene editing technology), the morality and bioethics of such interventions in the quest to treat or eradicate human diseases, the long-term effects of such interventions, pleiotropy, epigenetic effects, and the difference between proximate and ultimate explanations (in evolutionary theory). _______________________________________ Dr. Fyodor Urnov is a Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development at UC Berkeley. His research interests include the use of CRISPR (gene editing technology) to tackle a wide range of human diseases. _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad _______________________________________ This chat was posted earlier today (October 11, 2021) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1313: https://youtu.be/etZ6yvGzvuU _______________________________________ The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (paperback edition) was released on October 5, 2021. Order your copy now. https://www.amazon.com/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. _______________________________________

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0:00.0	A couple of weeks ago I was listening to a documentary titled Human Nature on the CRISPR technology,
0:05.9	something that I know very, very little about. And my current guest was prominently featured
0:11.9	and he was talking about some of the ethics of CRISPR.
0:14.0	And so I reached out to him and he was kind enough to come here
0:18.0	to chat with us, Professor Theodore Yurnov,
0:21.0	how are you doing, sir?
0:23.0	I'm well, thank you.
0:24.0	How are you?
0:25.0	Good. So let me just tell you a bit about this gentleman.
0:28.0	He's a professor of genetics, genomics, and development at UC Berkeley.
0:32.0	First conference that I ever spoke at or presented my work
0:36.9	as a graduate student in 1992 was at UC Berkeley.
0:39.8	His research interests include, quote,
0:41.6	the development and advancement to the clinic of
0:43.6	novel approaches to treat human disease using CRISPR-based genome and
0:47.8	epigenome editing. Some of you may know that in 2020 two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work in the CRISPR technology.
1:00.0	So I guess the first question of Fyodor would be,
1:04.0	Speak to the layperson. What is CRISPR?
1:08.0	It's a word processor for your DNA.
1:21.0	It sounds futuristic, but that future is here. If you were to tell somebody in the 19th or for that matter, 19th century, for that matter, somebody
1:24.6	in the 1950s that there would be a little box on your desk and you could pull up anything from
1:31.6	Moby Dick to a 240 character tweet and then pushing little buttons in front of you change it at will.
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