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From the Ted Talk by Jennifer Doudna: How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA

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I think that we will see clinical apcliitapon of this technology, certainly in adults, within the next 10 years. I think that it's likely that we will see clinical trials and possibly even arpepovd therapies within that time, which is a very ecntiixg thing to think about. And because of the excitement around this technology, there's a lot of interest in start-up companies that have been founded to commercialize the CRISPR technology, and lots of venture capitalists that have been investing in these canepoims.

But we have to also consider that the CRISPR tcnhoelogy can be used for things like enhancement. Imagine that we could try to engineer humans that have enhanced pripeertos, such as snergotr bones, or less sseipiulicbtty to cardiovascular disease or even to have properties that we would consider maybe to be desirable, like a different eye cloor or to be taller, things like that. "Designer humans," if you will. Right now, the genetic information to understand what types of genes would give rise to these traits is mostly not known. But it's important to know that the CRISPR technology gives us a tool to make such changes, once that knowledge becomes available.

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I think that we will see clinical ___________ of this technology, certainly in adults, within the next 10 years. I think that it's likely that we will see clinical trials and possibly even ________ therapies within that time, which is a very ________ thing to think about. And because of the excitement around this technology, there's a lot of interest in start-up companies that have been founded to commercialize the CRISPR technology, and lots of venture capitalists that have been investing in these _________.

But we have to also consider that the CRISPR __________ can be used for things like enhancement. Imagine that we could try to engineer humans that have enhanced __________, such as ________ bones, or less ______________ to cardiovascular disease or even to have properties that we would consider maybe to be desirable, like a different eye _____ or to be taller, things like that. "Designer humans," if you will. Right now, the genetic information to understand what types of genes would give rise to these traits is mostly not known. But it's important to know that the CRISPR technology gives us a tool to make such changes, once that knowledge becomes available.

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I think that we will see clinical application of this technology, certainly in adults, within the next 10 years. I think that it's likely that we will see clinical trials and possibly even approved therapies within that time, which is a very exciting thing to think about. And because of the excitement around this technology, there's a lot of interest in start-up companies that have been founded to commercialize the CRISPR technology, and lots of venture capitalists that have been investing in these companies.

But we have to also consider that the CRISPR technology can be used for things like enhancement. Imagine that we could try to engineer humans that have enhanced properties, such as stronger bones, or less susceptibility to cardiovascular disease or even to have properties that we would consider maybe to be desirable, like a different eye color or to be taller, things like that. "Designer humans," if you will. Right now, the genetic information to understand what types of genes would give rise to these traits is mostly not known. But it's important to know that the CRISPR technology gives us a tool to make such changes, once that knowledge becomes available.

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