What’s CRISPR Doing in our Food?

Gastropod

Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

Arts, Science, History, Food

4.7 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

You’ve probably heard the hype: CRISPR will revolutionize biotech, cure disease, resurrect extinct species, and even create new-and-(not-so)-improved humans. But what is CRISPR—and what’s it doing in our food? The first generation of genetically modified crops, or GMOs, were labelled “Frankenfoods” by critics and are banned in the European Union. Can CRISPR succeed where fish-tomatoes failed? And what’s yoghurt got to do with it? Listen in this episode for the CRISPR story you haven’t heard—and for a taste of our CRISPRized future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Cue the worldwide CRISPR frenzy.
0:05.6	At the University of California, scientists used a form of CRISPR to edit mosquito so
0:11.4	they can't transmit malaria.
0:13.4	Scientists say it could someday eliminate inherited diseases like some cancers, hemophilia
0:18.4	and sickle cell anemia.
0:20.4	Researchers in Massachusetts have created higlets that might one day provide livers, hearts
0:25.7	and other organs for humans.
0:28.2	They used a gene editing technology called CRISPR to remove viruses from pigs that could
0:33.4	cause diseases in humans.
0:35.1	This is CRISPR.
0:36.1	This has CRISPR in it.
0:37.8	So this is what's revolutionizing science and biomedicine.
0:42.4	Wow, listening to that, it seems like scientists have discovered something that is going to
0:47.1	change basically everything.
0:49.3	If you've been following the news at all, this whole CRISPR thing gets waved around like
0:54.0	it's literally a magic wand.
0:56.6	But we at Gastropod are always a little suspicious of magic, especially when it comes to science.
1:02.0	So we decided to get to the bottom of it ourselves.
1:05.2	And find out what CRISPR means for the future of food.
1:08.8	That's right, this is Gastropod, the podcast that looks at food through the lens of science
1:12.4	in history.
1:13.4	I'm Cynthia Grieber.
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