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Are we gods now? Jennifer Kahn talks CRISPR at TED2016

Are we gods now? Jennifer Kahn talks CRISPR at TED2016

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Something huge is coming, and it sounds like an ad for a bag of potato chips. CRISPR, which makes gene editing so cheap and easy a talented high schooler could do it, is the latest technology that promises to radically change the world. But what exactly can it do, and what are the potential dangers? []