From 60 Minutes.
From 2025, Bill Whitaker’s report on a group of teens who may have come up with a new way to detect and treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing. From 2018, Whitaker’s story on CRISPR, the gene-editing tool revolutionizing biomedical research. From 2019, Scott Pelley’s story on George Church’s lab at Harvard Medical School, which is working to make humans immune to all viruses, eliminate genetic diseases and reverse the aging process. From 2014, Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s story on a billionaire doctor who is developing some unconventional ways of treating cancer. From 2011, Lesley Stahl’s story on scientists who are trying to recreate extinct animals. And from 2018, Stahl’s report on the cloning of animals and how a South American polo player cloned his favorite pony to create a stable of strong performers.
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0:00 Intro
0:11 CRISPR Kids
13:21 CRISPR
28:14 Genetic Information Age
41:17 Disrupting Cancer
54:21 Resurrecting the Extinct
1:06:11 Clones (Part 1)
1:17:21 Clones (Part 2)
