
The Nature of Things – The Genetic Revolution
Screening Time
Friday, 24 May 2019 at 10:20 AM – BMO Sports Lounge
Synopsis
Technologies like CRISPR are making it possible to quickly and cheaply change the DNA of all living things, including humans. Genes can be edited almost as easily as words on a computer screen. Brilliant scientists from across the globe are using these powerful new gene-editing technologies in ways once thought unimaginable. This new ability to alter our DNA holds the promise of curing disease … saving threatened species … solving the problem of world hunger … maybe even obtaining human perfection. But will the promise be fulfilled?
Runtime
0:44:00
Nominations
Documentary Science/Nature/Technology
Creative Team
Director(s)
Robin Bicknell
Producers(s)
Elliott Halpern (Executive Producer), Elizabeth Trojian (Executive Producer), Julia Nunes
Production Company
Yap Films