分类目录归档：dna
A few years ago,
with my colleague, Emmanuelle Charpentier,
I invented a new technology for editing genomes.
It's called CRISPR-Cas9.
The CRISPR technology allows scientists to make changes
to the DNA
Imagine that you're a pig farmer.
You live on a small farm in the Philippines.
Your animals are your family's sole source of income --
as long as they're healthy.
You know that any day,
one of your pi
So it all came to life
in a dark bar in Madrid.
I encountered my colleague from McGill, Michael Meaney.
And we were drinking a few beers,
and like scientists do,
he told me about his work.
And he told
Alright, let me tell you about building synthetic cells
and printing life.
But first, let me tell you a quick story.
On March 31, 2013,
my team and I received an email from an international health org
all life every living thing ever has
been built according to the information
in DNA what does that mean well it means
that just as the English language is
made up of alphabetic letters that when
combi
So what does it mean to be a woman?
We all have XX chromosomes, right?
Actually, that's not true.
Some women are mosaics.
They have a mix of chromosome types with X, with XY or with XXX.
If it's not j
I could fit all movies ever made inside of this tube.
If you can't see it, that's kind of the point.
(Laughter)
Before we understand how this is possible,
it's important to understand the value of thi
The most important gift your mother and father ever gave you
was the two sets of three billion letters of DNA
that make up your genome.
But like anything with three billion components,
that gift is fr
I get out of bed for two reasons.
One, small-scale family farmers need more food.
It's crazy that in 2019 farmers that feed us are hungry.
And two, science needs to be more diverse and inclusive.
If w
Transcriber: tom carter Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar
Geckos and grasshoppers, worms and watermelons,
elephants and Escherichia Coli,
man and mushroom. All so different in form and function,
but amazingly