5 Ways CRISPR Is About to Change Everything
AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyHumanScienceHealthCRISPR-based gene therapies are already changing healthcare for things like sickle cell disease. But CRISPR is bigger than just medicine, and it could revolutionize everything from food and agriculture to green energy fuels to plastics.
The Most Dangerous Weapon Is Not Nuclear
AdultsBiotechnologyEconomyScienceHealthA breathtaking scientific revolution is taking place – biotechnology has been progressing at stunning speed, giving us the tools to eventually gain control over biology. On the one hand solving the deadliest diseases while also creating viruses more dangerous than nuclear bombs, able to devastate humanity.
What Biologists Do: Crash Course Biology
AdultsBiologyBiotechnologyEducationScienceA biologist’s natural habitat is anywhere questions about life are being asked—whether the subject is a nematode or a narwhal, a single cell, or a whole ecosystem.
Your body vs. implants - Kaitlyn Sadtler
AdultsBiologyHealthScienceBiotechnologyWhy do medical implants like insulin pumps and prosthetic knees need replacement? Explore how the immune system fights implants and how new devices are trying to help.
Could we clone humans? - Earth Lab
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceBiotechnologyDom Burgess investigates whether we could clone humans in the future.