CRISPR: The Future of Gene Editing

Baking a cake? You’ll need a recipe. Constructing a skyscraper? That’ll require a blueprint. But building a human being? Well, that’ll require the most complex instructions of all: DNA.

Anyone with the good taste to have seen Jurassic Park at least once will be familiar with Mr. DNA. What might surprise you, however, is that the gene editing research he references has been a fairly slow area for breakthroughs. Until recently, that is…

In 2020, scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on a technology known as CRISPR-Cas9: essentially an easy-to-use pair of ‘genetic scissors’ capable of targeting and cutting any specific sequence within DNA. A sort of “find and replace” function, that has already enjoyed considerable success in treating sickle-cell anemia and could open an unimaginable number of doors in the future. That’s no mean feat when you consider a single strand of DNA contains around three billion letters!

Find out why CRISPR could represent the future of gene editing in this explainer video from iluli by Mike Lamb – explaining the ideas and innovations changing our lives.

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*Sources and Further Reading:*

• _The Code Breaker_ by Walter Isaacson

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0:00 Introduction
1:22 DNA basics
2:42 CRISPR
4:08 Potential uses
4:46 Conclusion

[sonalibhagya]

"Iluli by Mike Lamb" you are the only channel made me to count fingers for your next video on every 01st day of the month. YouTube please bump up this channel. This time you made me crazy... very informative and well presented...

[daddymcsnacks_]

Un-Natural Selection was on Netflix. Definitely worth a peak further into this mind blowing technology 🙂

[kalebrooks]

man what an underrated channel, these videos are so good

[shoaibakhtar]

This is the most fascinating and potentially world changing field of technology which can transform our civilization. But the thing is, whether we will be able to utilize it *Correctly* or not.

[fouler]

This is a very educational video! So educational that i gave the video to my biology teacher beacose we are learning about the DNA and i think she will show it to the class! Keep the great work.

[whatsinaname]

This channel is criminally under-watched! The animations are so well-done. Do you work alone or in a company?

[arpitkumar]

I want to learn more about DNA. Please guide me where can I get started!!

[sweetlilweirdo]

I have always been obsessed with this because my mother has Huntington's Disease and I could have it. Gene editing could truly be life changing for me and for many many others. I hope it's used for good ;w;

[estebson]

1:28 Absolutely love the video, but the DNA graphic here is driving me crazy. Remember: T--A; C--G.

[sentientananas]

Okay so this is "new internet".. very powerful, competent, and extremely useful.. but at the same time some will use it for non-ethical purposes..

Anyways great video tho

[surangadinesh]

Very informative and this definitely will be their most watched video in a month....

[clashdevil]

The quality of this video is so nice I love it

[tepidtuna]

I kept a sample of my DNA from 2002. Could it be of benefit in the future to cure or mitigate my age-rated issues?

[alinaufal]

The thumbnail for this video's ad is quite curssd

[petbuddy]

This is absolutely fascinating and even selection of this type of titles a chalange but you have smoothly and nicely explained.. Weldone..

[waleedmohamad]

I already know Crisper but These videos nvr make me bored ♥️

[ilno]

I can feel my brain has gone bigger than before after watching these videos

[dafphtthedislikeupdater]

underrated, i want to be able to be this good in after effects one day

[anshikbrahmbhatt]

Great work it is always exciting to see new informative videos from your channel!

[gladysnkeirukanwobodo]

This is a very nice video.
I'm super excited about CRISPR but at the same time, I'm scared we're about to rewrite life.