CRISPR's Next Advance Is Bigger Than You Think | Jennifer Doudna | TED

You've probably heard of CRISPR, the revolutionary technology that allows us to edit the DNA in living organisms. Biochemist and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Jennifer Doudna earned the Nobel Prize for her groundbreaking work in this field -- and now she's here to tell us about its next world-changing advancement. She explains how her team at the Innovative Genomics Institute is pioneering a brand new field of science -- precision microbiome editing -- that uses CRISPR in an effort to solve seemingly insurmountable problems like asthma, Alzheimer's and climate change.
This ambitious idea is part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.

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[elleaubry]

This is so wonderful sounding, and yet at least a million things can go wrong in the hands of those who are not so interested in helping humanity.

[elainemunro]

She won the Nobel prize along with her female colleague! My hometown gal!

[figureofteach]

Whenever I hear, "Now we can do A without doing/getting/needing B...", I know that at some point in the future we'll be saying "... but we didn't know that we were going to cause C through Z".

[JakeRichardsong]

I wish she and her scientists peers got far more attention than pro athletes and entertainers and models.

[davidcantu]

I’m a college student and I had the Opportunity to Met Her a week ago at a seminar she gave in San Diego. She was so genuine, and stupendously kind and sweet with everyone, specially with all the young students that wanted to take pictures with her.

[Scriabinfan]

Dr. Doudna is one of my heroes. Her work has the potential to do lots of good in the world if politicians don't let corporations screw it up.

[patientzero]

If only the good people who invented these technologies controlled how they were used.

[mariod.]

The obvious incentive to profit rather than actually solve problems are made very clear with this presentation. Rather than looking at environment and other external conditions that cause disease/disorders (asthma) they are instead selling a product designed to change the organism at the very core. The tech is nonetheless impressive and has insane implications for the future if used correctly but we are not close to societal maturity to have such tech at our disposal.

[robnolte]

Biggest take away here is metagenomics. If we can better understand the links between our health and and micro biome we could change our diets and environments to address these issues in the first place. Then small number of cases where that doesn’t work or time is too pressing due to life threatening illness we can use a tool like CRIsPR

[Iloveuallppl]

Hooray to all the scientists safeguarding our health.

[nitinissacjoy]

sounds like the intro of a dystopian sci-fi movie

[phlogistonstudio]

Raise your hand if you can see a future bioweapon in this particular application of the crispr technology. 🖐️

I’m a bioinformatician, and I’m rooting for crispr all day. I hope really big brains are evaluating and creating solutions against what seem like inevitable use cases.

[SabaDhutt]

This amazing woman should be a household name like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. Even her name ends in DNA. Jennifer was born to do this.

[-astrangerontheinternet]

4:52 “and show that they are safe and effective” Hear the voice change there.

[hahtos]

Isn't this how the zombie apocalypse begins....

[Godios]

I have a relative who has always had a problem with their gut, specifically it’s a bacterial imbalance that causes him a lot of pain when he eats the wrong foods. I wonder if this is something that could be used to help him on the next couple years. There’s currently no cure for him, only staying away from 99% of foods keeps him from pain

[NathanHarrison]

What is incredible time in mankind’s history we are privileged to live in.

[mxeehku]

“CRISPR” IS EVOLUTIONARY!!!! Jennifer Doudna & Emmanuelle Charpentier gave it to us. Both internationally recognized in only 10 years! WOW . . . Thank you both!

[ssriramsrs]

im sure crispr has great potential. but when someone talks about using gene technology to 'change the world' i get chills up my spine

[bijanshahidi]

Amazing scientist. I sent this to my kids to learn from her. So proud to know of her work.