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When news broke earlier this year that baby KJ, a newborn in Philadelphia,

had successfully received the world's first personalized gene editing treatment,

it represented a milestone for both researchers and patients.

But there's a gripping tale of discovery behind this accomplishment and its creators.

I'm Evan Ratliff, and together with biographer Walter

Isaacson, we're delving into the story of Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Dowdna, the woman who's helped

change the trajectory of humanity. Listen to Aunt CRISPR, the story of Jennifer Dowdna with Walter

Isaacson on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, and welcome to the short stuff.

I'm Josh, and there's Chuck and Jerry's here, too.

And we are coming to you from inside your house.

That's right.

No, we're not.

Trigger warning on this one, by the way.

There's some pretty violent content,

including speak of sexual assault at some point. Yeah, this takes a real hard left all of a sudden.

It really does. And we're talking about the sort of trope of the call is coming from inside the

house. And as a trope, we want to thank TVTropes.com. Tropedia. And a really good article from Chrissy Stockton on Thought Catalog.

Plus also Sean Van Horn on Collider and the good folks on the straight dope message board.

That's right.

And Principal Seymour Skinner.

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