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    CRISPR is a new gene editing technique that allows DNA to be precisely cut and modified. It was discussed in a documentary about its potential benefits for curing diseases and regenerating organs, but also raised questions about who should have access and how to regulate its use. The documentary presented examples of CRISPR being used experimentally in animals and raised concerns about non-scientists accessing the technology without oversight. While CRISPR could help cure illnesses, the documentary concluded that regulations are needed because using it to enhance humans could spiral out of control if misused, leaving open the difficult questions about the appropriate use of this technology.

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    CRISPR is a new gene editing technique that allows DNA to be precisely cut and modified. It was discussed in a documentary about its potential benefits for curing diseases and regenerating organs, but also raised questions about who should have access and how to regulate its use. The documentary presented examples of CRISPR being used experimentally in animals and raised concerns about non-scientists accessing the technology without oversight. While CRISPR could help cure illnesses, the documentary concluded that regulations are needed because using it to enhance humans could spiral out of control if misused, leaving open the difficult questions about the appropriate use of this technology.

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    CRISPR is a new gene editing technique that allows DNA to be precisely cut and modified. It was discussed in a documentary about its potential benefits for curing diseases and regenerating organs, but also raised questions about who should have access and how to regulate its use. The documentary presented examples of CRISPR being used experimentally in animals and raised concerns about non-scientists accessing the technology without oversight. While CRISPR could help cure illnesses, the documentary concluded that regulations are needed because using it to enhance humans could spiral out of control if misused, leaving open the difficult questions about the appropriate use of this technology.

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    20/11/2022

    Unnatural Selection

    The first episode talked about the science of genetically engineered DNA mainly focused on the
    genetically modifying of DNA. But it talked specifically about the CRISPR-CAS9, and the benefits
    this technology will give us for the future, the many ways it can be used. But it also made us the
    question of, where is the line? Who should have access? What would be its regulations? Should
    we use it and who gets the say? Should we really intervene in evolution?

    First of all, CRISPR is a newly found technique to modify DNA. It is a protein found initially in
    bacteria, it allows us to go into the DNA of any specie, whether it is animals, plants, or humans,
    and remove or replace a small part of the genetic code. It works as a molecular scalpel, and it is
    programable so we can have control where it makes the change. Chemical cleaves in the
    protein swing into position and cut the DNA and then introduce the change that we want to
    make. It could be used to cure diseases that have a genetic basis, or to prevent it as well as to
    fix mutations.

    They showed some experiments that were made using this technology an example of this could
    be the chicken embryo, in which they added one extra gene into the embryo in order to
    regenerate organs in the future and don’t need to wait for donations. Another was the
    modification of the DNA of a mouse to increase its lifespan a 30%. There was also the
    modification of the DNA of frogs to increase their grow. As well as the experiment led by Kevin
    Esvelt where they rewrote the DNA of a mouse so that it could kill any tick that bites it, thus
    interrupting the process of transmissions of any tick born disease.

    But the thing doesn’t end with animals, since it also talked about the biohackers that are people
    that do science non-traditionally. Josiah Zayner a former NASA scientist was referred as one
    since he made a kit so genetic engineering could be replicated at home by anyone at a price of
    $140. He made it with the purpose that not only the rich and powerful had access to it.

    Which finally leaves us with the conclusion that this technology needs to have a lot of
    regulations, but who should make those regulations? Some think it must be done in labs only
    with the appropriate material and supervision and others think that anyone should do it. But
    what I consider most important is the fact that, yes it could help cure a lot of evils but as they
    mention it I don’t know if it would be ethical to use it to increase our abilities, our intellect as an
    example, because we don’t know if it might go out of control, or how some people might use it,
    but at the end of the day that could happen with any other technology. This documental left me
    with a lot of inner questions about what is right and what is wrong, and what we should do as a
    society, if we should stop fearing what we don’t know.

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